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Macklin 12-30-2007 10:22 PM


Originally Posted by ACTIVESHACK (Post 2387845)
Macklin I pumped mine full of green anti-freeze and left it them on Stans advice. I think the less dry areas in these CMIs the better.

OK, I have two votes in and two votes out. Dayum, I'm right where I started! :D

I'm leaning towards leaving it in there...mainly because I scrubbed my bilge after winterizing and don't want to get it wet again. :(:D

baja36ft 12-30-2007 10:26 PM

Good Choice ..........

Griff 12-31-2007 01:33 AM


Originally Posted by Macklin (Post 2387060)
OK, thanks for you input....but did you read my previous post?

Yes, but I didn't read after it was edited 4 mins after my post????

There are reasons for leaving it and reasons for draining it.

Either way, 9999 times out of 10000 will be fine and any issue would have happened sooner or later anyway.

BillR 12-31-2007 08:38 AM

Mac,
Drain the headers. I would drain mine if they had the plug. Will be taking it to NC for exactly that mod.
You already blew AF thru it, so there is a nice coating of corrosion protection.

ACTIVESHACK 12-31-2007 12:31 PM


Originally Posted by baja36ft (Post 2387896)
HEY MARK I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN ASPEN?

I am but were coming home this weekend. Are you going up to Richmond for the chill-out party ?

baja36ft 12-31-2007 10:16 PM


Originally Posted by ACTIVESHACK (Post 2388378)
I am but were coming home this weekend. Are you going up to Richmond for the chill-out party ?

NO MARK WE ARE NOT BUT WOULD LIKE TO GO TO FLA WITH YOU......

Edward R. Cozzi 01-01-2008 01:27 PM

The ONE year I did not fill my engine up with the green AF, (they didn't have the orange stuff in those days), I lost a perfectly good 327 Chevy. Cheap insurance as far as I'm concerned.

GLH 01-09-2008 12:38 PM

I would fill with anti-freeze and leave it filled... Emptying the headers might be a good point as Audio said in case of light reversion...

I have never been a big fan of leaving engine gaskets dry on the side they are usually wet for any length of time since about ten years ago I did a fueling station at an National Air Guard Base...

They had 22 F-16 and one of the guys told me they always stored them full off jet fuel so the seals and gaskets would not dry out in the tanks. I applied that logic since in my boat engines... I might be wrong but it makes sense to me...

Hope this helps.

Rippem 01-10-2008 10:49 PM


Originally Posted by RaggedEdge (Post 2387259)
I found the part about "particularly hard on cats" interesting, that could be useful :evilb:...........

yes it could be...if you were a cat. :angry-smiley-038:

azzwhole.

RaggedEdge 01-11-2008 07:20 AM


Originally Posted by Rippem (Post 2401966)
yes it could be...if you were a cat. :angry-smiley-038:

azzwhole.



Some people love cats, some tolerate them, some just plain don't care for them. :Whatever:


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