mrsrobinson
Well-Known Member
If all goes well with sea trial, survey and engine compression checks I will be the proud owner of a 2004 340 by end of next week. After boating it home I will need to winterize soon. I have winterized all of my previous boats myself, inboards and outdrives.
Looking at these 8.1s I see an air pump of sorts attached to the raw water heat exchanger, looks like the kind of pump I used as a kid to pump up my basketball. What is that for?
My plan is to:
- warm up the engines (is this necessary since I do not have to open the thermostats?)
- shut down the engines
- close engine sea cocks
- open up all raw water drain plugs (can someone tell me where they all are?)
- drain raw water
- remove raw water hose at seacock
- insert hose into bucket of pink RV antifreeze (how much antifreeze per engine?)
- start engines, shut off engine when I see pink coming out of the exhaust
Did I miss anything?
Also, how do I pump antifreeze thru the AC line? In the past I have used a pump on a drill to push antifreeze thru the line from the exterior hull fitting, where the AC water exists, until the seacock fills up. The boat will be in the water so I will not be able to do that, unless I get lucky enough to have a floating dock with that side of the hull on the dock.
Thanks
Looking at these 8.1s I see an air pump of sorts attached to the raw water heat exchanger, looks like the kind of pump I used as a kid to pump up my basketball. What is that for?
My plan is to:
- warm up the engines (is this necessary since I do not have to open the thermostats?)
- shut down the engines
- close engine sea cocks
- open up all raw water drain plugs (can someone tell me where they all are?)
- drain raw water
- remove raw water hose at seacock
- insert hose into bucket of pink RV antifreeze (how much antifreeze per engine?)
- start engines, shut off engine when I see pink coming out of the exhaust
Did I miss anything?
Also, how do I pump antifreeze thru the AC line? In the past I have used a pump on a drill to push antifreeze thru the line from the exterior hull fitting, where the AC water exists, until the seacock fills up. The boat will be in the water so I will not be able to do that, unless I get lucky enough to have a floating dock with that side of the hull on the dock.
Thanks