Jef f
If you have the manual for your motor(mine is a universal M-18 page 16
describes a "wet storage " method of storing the boat that is what I use
here in the frozen north. M.A. You simply unhok the raw water intake after
closing the sea cock, drain any water that is in your filterscreen and hose,
place the intake hose in a bucket with a gallon or two of anti freeze, and
start the engine and run it slowly untill a helper sees the anti freeze
comming out the exhaust. If the boat is in the water you would need to catch
the anti freeze that comes outof the exhaust or use none toxic. You should
now have antifreeze in the sea water pump, hoses, heat exchanger, and
exhaust system. The whole process takes 15 min with no crawlingaround inside
the engine compartment-
Jim Savicki
Fifth Tuition 1989 c-27
Snug Harbor, Duxbury M.A.- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffery L. Sheler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: catalina27-talk: winterizing (while I'm at it...)
> I'm planning to keep my boat in the water all winter (second year in a
row)
> and will be doing a variety of winterizing tasks over the next few days.
> Last year, I didn't do much to the engine (Universal M-18) but kept a
> 100-watt trouble light burning beneath the block. I closed the seacock but
> didn't drain the raw water cooling system or fill it with antifreeze.
> Winters here in southern Virginia aren't terribly severe, but I'm thinking
> nonetheless that I was probably lucky that things came through the winter
> without a problem.
>
> This year I want to be more careful. I plan to fill the raw water system
> with glycol anti-freeze, but what about the internal fresh water cooling
> system? Since the filler cap is at the top of the engine, there isn't room
> to visually inspect to determine the water level, and I have no idea when
> the last time antifreeze may have been added (that was my first year with
> the boat). Should I just go ahead and pour in antifreeze until it fills to
> the top? If I overfill, does that create a problem (other than the
clean-up
> mess of having antifreeze spilling over into the engine compartment and
> bilge)? And I assume I can use ordinary automotive antifreeze in that
> system, am I right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeff Sheler
> s/v Windsome
> C27TR #6594
> Hampton, VA
>
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