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First time winterizing my boat. 97 Sea Ray 175br. 3.0 Mercruiser. I used automotive antifreeze,the red stuff. Any disadvantages to that? I mixed it a bit strong to make up for the water in the block. I put a container on the swim platform,plumbed it to the out drive thru the muffs & ran the...

I was reading my boats owners manual on winterizing. It listed all of the water drain points but it mentioned nothing about using antifreeze. I have a 97 sea ray 175. 3.0 mercruiser. It does not have a closed cooling sys. Any tips. I've been a diesel mech. for 30 years now but new to marine..

Ran my 97 Sea Ray 175 3.0 liter alpha one aground over the weekend. (actually the wife was driving but whatever!) The boat was at full throttle when we hit the sand bar. Tore the prop up a bit but we made it back to the dock with no undue noise coming from the out-drive. Replaced the prop & took...

Just bought a 97 Sea Ray 175 3.0 Mercruiser. I noticed the remote reservoir for the outdrive oil is at the add line. Went to Bass Pro for a quart but they stck 2 types of Quicksilver outdrive oil, one is synthetic ,the other isnt. The bottle said not to mix the two. How do i know which one to...

I just purchased a 97 Sea Ray 175 with a 3.0 Mercruiser stern drive. Runs good,all gauges work. I was pokeing around the engine compartment & I noticed a jumper wire connecting the two white wires on the 4 terminal connector body at the electronic ignition module on the distributor. (terminals c...