I am located on the north side of Lake Ontario.  Have been winterizing boats 
for about 20 years and I run propylene glycol through the engine (while running 
on the hard) until it gushes out the exhaust.  Works well for both gasoline and 
diesel engines.  Eliminates the risk of any remaining water from freezing in 
the head or the block.

 

Cheap insurance and not worth the risk in my opinion.

 

Barry McKee.

 

Discovery II

C&C 29 Mk I

Burlington, ON.

 

From: David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
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This is getting off track and no one has actually answered my question.  I know 
there are many ways of winterizing the engine with antifreeze.  My question was 
what would be wrong with simply pumping all the water out of the system by 
running the engine for a few minutes after the boat is hauled.  I can't come up 
with a reason why it shouldn't work and it is certainly the simplest solution.  

 

BTW- in case you thought it was a joke- propylene glycol is actually one common 
type of prep for a colonoscopy

 

S/V Aries

1990 C&C 34+

New London, CT








On Nov 20, 2024, at 11:36 AM, Brian Davis via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com 
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Hahahahahaha. Exactly 

 

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 11:27 AM Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List 
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I have. It is the same stuff they give you for colonoscopy prep. Not that it 
tasted good ☹

 

 

Joe Della Barba

 

 

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Doesn't mean it's good for the environment.  Would you drink it?

  _____  

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Airports spray it on airplanes by the thousands of gallons and no one is 
catching all that!

 

 

Joe Della Barba

 

 

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What's wrong with the pink stuff? I though it was supposed to be 
biodegradable....?

 

 

Richard

1985 C&C 37 CB; Ohio River, Mile 596;

Richard N. Bush Law Offices

2950 Breckenridge Lane 
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/2950+Breckenridge+Lane?entry=gmail&source=g>
 , Suite Nine

Louisville, Kentucky 40220

(502) 584-7255

 

 

On Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 09:53:22 AM EST, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via 
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Hi Dave, 

Your method saves buying chemicals, and saves poluting the environment, but the 
old method of sticking the engine's water intake hose into a bucket of 
antifreeze and running the engine until the pink stuff exits the exhaust is 
slightly more thorough and less crawling around.  Our muffler has no drain. 

  

I use two buckets.  One has a hose bibb fitting at the bottom and a short hose 
with a ball valve allows me to close the valve before starting the engine.  The 
second bucket, is what I use to scrub the deck and it gets hung by rope tied to 
the stern rail.  It gets positioned under the transom and next to the exhaust 
so it can be swung under the exhaust to catch the pink stuff when it bright 
pink.  I let the seawater shoot past and collect the last gallon of pink.  I 
use it for the sink drains.   

  

Chuck S 

  

  

On 11/20/2024 9:14 AM EST Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com 
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I never pumped antifreeze through the seawater side of my 2gm20f, and did not 
have a problem in 10 yrs of Toronto winters.    I did drain the seawater side 
by disconnecting the lower water pump hose, and draining the seawater strainer 
and muffler.    

  

Dave  

 

Sent from my iPhone 

 

On Nov 20, 2024, at 5:44 AM, Paul Hood via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com 
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I can’t answer your question, but I also thought about that recently and I 
realized that antifreeze is running around the head.  While the block is cold, 
the thermostat is closed, directing the antifreeze around the head.  Never had 
a problem but was curious about the water that might be remaining in there. 

 

Paul Hood

REFUGE – 1981 C&C34 on Georgian Bay /) 

 

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Subject: Stus-List Winterizing the engine

 

After winterized my boat I got to thinking about the process of pumping 
antifreeze through the engine and water tank system.  Some people winterize 
their house water system by blowing all the water out of the lines instead of 
pumping in antifreeze.  If you did the same with the seawater side of the 
engine by simple running the engine until nothing came out of the exhaust hose, 
wouldn't that work to protect the engine from freezing over the winter?  That 
might be a problem running a standard impeller in the water pump dry, but with 
a run-dry impeller, I don't see why it wouldn't work.  Dave

 

S/V Aries

1990 C&C 34+

New London, CT




 

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