Hi Doug, Third GTA winter coming up and I have not yet run the red stuff through windstar's engine. (IIRC the manual does not mention doing this) What I have done is drain the water lock muffler and raw water strainer, remove the hoses to the water pump, then drain the block through the two valves on the engine block. (access under the galley sink) Blow any water out though the water pump hose. Not sure whether that's optimal or not.... Anyway, If I were to use the red stuff, (and I may) I would drain everything first so I could be sure that the antifreeze was not too diluted. It really is a good time to look in on the water pump impeller.. I would also check the specific gravity of the coolant to ensure its freeze point is low enough. You can get a tester at Crappy tire for this for less than $10. Top up the batteries with distilled water.
Dave (we met on pier 7 - whitby) Message: 2 Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:34:55 +0000 (UTC) From: <doug.we...@rogers.com> To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List WInterizing 2GM20F Message-ID: <1911996305.1436982.1476131695...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" It's my first year with the 2GM20F and it's almost time to winterize it. Is there anything I need to do other running anti freeze through the fresh water intake until it comes out the exhaust?? Cheers,Doug Celtic Knot33-2 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list. com/attachments/20161010/7d385f04/attachment-0001.html>
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