ok it's that time of year.this is the first season i have not pulled the motors.i know
change oil
flush motor
fuel stabilizer
fog engine
check all belts and hoses
drain block
the question is how do you put the anti freeze in?do you take the hoses off the thermostat housing or do you take off the housing?
help also what tye of anti freeze do you use?

I use one of the winterizing kits they sell at the boat stores. Or you can make one, it's a 5 gallon tank with a few fittings. You use your flush muffs so you don't have to disconnect any hoses. Run the motor till the t-stat is open, then you switch the valve that cuts off the hose and turns on the antifreeze. I use the pink stuff, it's non-toxic so in the spring you just fire up the motor up and don't have to worry about colecting the antifreeze.

The only extra thing I do is I pull the tstat out. I was always afraid of it closing on me and not completly circulating. Only takes a couple minutes.

Run it till its warm, swap over to antifreeze. fog the intake just as the jug gets empty. Change the oil and filters and the rest of your list. throw a drive oil change on there to.

Here's a pretty comprehensive post on Winterizing...

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...threadid=60302

Good luck,
Brian

Allow engines to run out of gas while fogging. Empty fuel lines cannot accumulate varnish, etc.

thanks guys.i got it now.
i love this site

Obnoxus..
I like the T-stat idea...never thought of it that way. Good Advice.
C

add stabalizer to fuel before last time out, so it mixes in all gas and gets in carb.