winterizing with a Alpha drive
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winterizing with a Alpha drive
ok whats the easy way to winterize with a Alpha drive, with my Bravos i pull the hose off the sea pump and hook a 5gal bucket with anti freeze and run it through the motor, but the alphas sea pump is in the drive. How are you guys doing the Alphas.
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you will blow the impeller thats in the drive..
run engine on hose until its warm so the thermostat opend drain the block and manifolds
easiest way to explane how to do it except you put the ears on the pump hose and attach it to the drive's water input..
than fogg while its running.
watch video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzDob8um5Xc
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mrfixxall is correct, and the engine cannot pull water with the circulating pump so you have to have the drive in the circuit. To be really safe pull the block drains and the thermostat, replace the thermostat housing and the plugs, then run it on the muffs to fill with anti-freeze. I don't think you can get all the water out just running on the muffs and the pink anti-freeze is not supposed to be diluted.
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Drain the block, manifolds, leave the plugs out.
I use a sump pump in a 5 gallon bucket, hose from sump
connected to ear muffs on drive, 2 extension cords,
1 to the pump the other to an outlet.
Fill the bucket with anti-freeze, I have one ends of each extension cord in one hand, crank it over til it fires, connect up the cords and let it run til the bucket nears empty.
Re-install plugs.
This can be done by one person relatively easy.
I use a sump pump in a 5 gallon bucket, hose from sump
connected to ear muffs on drive, 2 extension cords,
1 to the pump the other to an outlet.
Fill the bucket with anti-freeze, I have one ends of each extension cord in one hand, crank it over til it fires, connect up the cords and let it run til the bucket nears empty.
Re-install plugs.
This can be done by one person relatively easy.
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Here's how I've always done mine...Alpha and Bravo. Put antifreeze mixture in a baby pool under the drive. With a fountain pump that uses a regular garden hose attachment (cheap at Harbor Freight or EBAY). Attach other end of hose to the muffs. Turn on the pump, start the engine. Drink beer for a few minutes and watch. The baby pool cathches everything from the exhaust and the pump pushes it back up. Fog and you're done. No undoing hoses or carting antifreeze into the bilge.
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