Another Winterizing Thread.....well sort of.
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Another Winterizing Thread.....well sort of.
With this being my first winter with the new boat I have a few questions that I need answered. I have twin 496 Mag H.O. motors and I got out my little blue pump and pumped away. Here is my problem only one of the green nipple thingys popped out. The other stayed in...? Also when I did that only one of the motors had water draining out of it while the other motor had water barely dripping out..? Any help would be greatly appreciated
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This is what I have always done and I live up in watertown where it probably is just as cold if not colder. I run the engines to operating temp to ensure the thermos pop. At that point I run 3-5 gallons of pink rv anti freeze through the engine ensure pink stuff comes out both exhaust exits, I have carbs so I fog the engines the last gallon or so. Never any freezing and if some water is by chance trapped I know its dilluted enough with pink stuff to not make a difference. I have been doing this on the fountain for 3 years and in total on boats since I was a kid and never an issue. I know some guys like to pull the freeze plugs and what not and not knocking it, but I think the method I have is the easiet and leaves out any doubt. I also lower the lower units all winter this ensures water or liquid can drain out. Never use green anti freeze in a boat as its toxic, unless you are going to catch it in a containment system in the spring.
You can make a jug with a hose that goes to muffs to hold the pink stuff, or just buy one from like west marine, I think mine was like 20 bucks.
You can make a jug with a hose that goes to muffs to hold the pink stuff, or just buy one from like west marine, I think mine was like 20 bucks.
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With this being my first winter with the new boat I have a few questions that I need answered. I have twin 496 Mag H.O. motors and I got out my little blue pump and pumped away. Here is my problem only one of the green nipple thingys popped out. The other stayed in...? Also when I did that only one of the motors had water draining out of it while the other motor had water barely dripping out..? Any help would be greatly appreciated
You need to do a full winterization with anti-freeze run throughout the system ESPECIALLY at a NY state latitude. 600 miles south, maybe not so much. There is no thermostat on the sea-water side of the 496/HO, so you don't have to worry about warming it up as mentioned in the previous post. See this thread: http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/d...terizing+496HO ... or do a search on " 496 winterizing. "
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+1 on running the antifreeze through the raw water section.
As its your first winter with the boat and you're pretty far north, its not a bad idea for you to test the coolant in the closed cooling system with a hydrometer. You want to make sure what's in the block itself will protect it over the winter.
As its your first winter with the boat and you're pretty far north, its not a bad idea for you to test the coolant in the closed cooling system with a hydrometer. You want to make sure what's in the block itself will protect it over the winter.
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This is what I have always done and I live up in watertown where it probably is just as cold if not colder. I run the engines to operating temp to ensure the thermos pop. At that point I run 3-5 gallons of pink rv anti freeze through the engine ensure pink stuff comes out both exhaust exits, I have carbs so I fog the engines the last gallon or so. Never any freezing and if some water is by chance trapped I know its dilluted enough with pink stuff to not make a difference. I have been doing this on the fountain for 3 years and in total on boats since I was a kid and never an issue. I know some guys like to pull the freeze plugs and what not and not knocking it, but I think the method I have is the easiet and leaves out any doubt. I also lower the lower units all winter this ensures water or liquid can drain out. Never use green anti freeze in a boat as its toxic, unless you are going to catch it in a containment system in the spring.
You can make a jug with a hose that goes to muffs to hold the pink stuff, or just buy one from like west marine, I think mine was like 20 bucks.
You can make a jug with a hose that goes to muffs to hold the pink stuff, or just buy one from like west marine, I think mine was like 20 bucks.
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But crane its the easiest and most proven in my mind. 20-30 bucks in pink stuff and 20-30mins and your done. What takes me the most time is getting my dang batteries. I know theres some other methos and knocking them if it works, but pink stuff ensure protection if you not get every last drop of water out. I also put dryer sheets through out to protect from rodents and moth balls underneath on the ground or concrete. You also should probably put some stabil in the fuel.
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Thanks for all of the info guys. On all of my other boats I always ran antifreeze up through the outdrive and into the motor until it came out of the exhaust. Never had any problems doing it that way. I just wasnt sure with these newer style motors the best way to do it.
I still dont know why my other green nipple never popped out..?
On my boat I have 2 ports when I open the engine hatches where you can hook up a hose to run the engines. I am going to run the coolant through there with a tank that I made up for my other boats. My other question is does the outdrive have a place where I should put muffs on it to suck the coolant up instead of the 2 ports in the engine compartment..? I just want to make sure that the outdrives do not have any un-treated water in them also..?
I still dont know why my other green nipple never popped out..?
On my boat I have 2 ports when I open the engine hatches where you can hook up a hose to run the engines. I am going to run the coolant through there with a tank that I made up for my other boats. My other question is does the outdrive have a place where I should put muffs on it to suck the coolant up instead of the 2 ports in the engine compartment..? I just want to make sure that the outdrives do not have any un-treated water in them also..?
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Thanks for all of the info guys. On all of my other boats I always ran antifreeze up through the outdrive and into the motor until it came out of the exhaust. Never had any problems doing it that way. I just wasnt sure with these newer style motors the best way to do it.
I still dont know why my other green nipple never popped out..?
On my boat I have 2 ports when I open the engine hatches where you can hook up a hose to run the engines. I am going to run the coolant through there with a tank that I made up for my other boats. My other question is does the outdrive have a place where I should put muffs on it to suck the coolant up instead of the 2 ports in the engine compartment..? I just want to make sure that the outdrives do not have any un-treated water in them also..?
I still dont know why my other green nipple never popped out..?
On my boat I have 2 ports when I open the engine hatches where you can hook up a hose to run the engines. I am going to run the coolant through there with a tank that I made up for my other boats. My other question is does the outdrive have a place where I should put muffs on it to suck the coolant up instead of the 2 ports in the engine compartment..? I just want to make sure that the outdrives do not have any un-treated water in them also..?
I dont know if it matter but always open up the through hull exhuast as well, to let pink stuff go out the top and bottom exhaust
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Thanks for all of the info guys. On all of my other boats I always ran antifreeze up through the outdrive and into the motor until it came out of the exhaust. Never had any problems doing it that way. I just wasnt sure with these newer style motors the best way to do it.
I still dont know why my other green nipple never popped out..?
On my boat I have 2 ports when I open the engine hatches where you can hook up a hose to run the engines. I am going to run the coolant through there with a tank that I made up for my other boats. My other question is does the outdrive have a place where I should put muffs on it to suck the coolant up instead of the 2 ports in the engine compartment..? I just want to make sure that the outdrives do not have any un-treated water in them also..?
I still dont know why my other green nipple never popped out..?
On my boat I have 2 ports when I open the engine hatches where you can hook up a hose to run the engines. I am going to run the coolant through there with a tank that I made up for my other boats. My other question is does the outdrive have a place where I should put muffs on it to suck the coolant up instead of the 2 ports in the engine compartment..? I just want to make sure that the outdrives do not have any un-treated water in them also..?
You probably have an air leak on the actuator air pump system. It happens. I took those little air pumps off and threw them away. Use a battery powered air compressor. (The kind of small air compressor built in to a jump-start-box.) Right next to the schrader valve is an air pressure pop-off valve, which is how you release the air pressure before you start the engine again. If you put to much pressure in the air system, it pops off right there.