Steve500dancer
Member
- Jul 13, 2009
- 868
- Boat Info
- 1996 500 sundancer
2001 340 sundancer sold
2001 270 Rinker sold
1996 240 sundancer sold
- Engines
- Twin 6v92 Detroit deisels
Well today was a real pain in the ass. I managed to winterize two of my friends house boats for them and played hell with my A/C on my boat.
I have 3 units on my boat that are all fed from a single A/C pump in the engine room. The salon discharges from the starboard side and both state room units discharge port. I removed the strainer and used my Sea Flush system to add the Antifreeze. I could only get it to come out if the starboard discharge. When it was coming out of the starboard discharge I stuck a cork in the thru hull and used a shop vac to suck on the port discharge. I tried everything and could not get it to pump through the port discharge. I used 6 gallons of antifreeze before I finally gave up. I swear I tried everything. Running the pump, turning on the heat, removed the hose after the pump and filled it up with a hose the was way above the engine room.
When I finally did give up, I opened up the sea valve and turned it all back on. A/C, heat and water pump. Antifreeze came pouring out of the starboard side till it cleared out and was nothing but lake water. Starboard didn't get any water or antifreeze out of it. I left and went to winterize another friends boat and when I came back water was flowing out the port side and everything was working perfectly.
Ok guys what the heck am I missing here. I plan on giving it another shot tomorrow and see what happens.
Any tips on this would be greatly appreciated.
Steve
I have 3 units on my boat that are all fed from a single A/C pump in the engine room. The salon discharges from the starboard side and both state room units discharge port. I removed the strainer and used my Sea Flush system to add the Antifreeze. I could only get it to come out if the starboard discharge. When it was coming out of the starboard discharge I stuck a cork in the thru hull and used a shop vac to suck on the port discharge. I tried everything and could not get it to pump through the port discharge. I used 6 gallons of antifreeze before I finally gave up. I swear I tried everything. Running the pump, turning on the heat, removed the hose after the pump and filled it up with a hose the was way above the engine room.
When I finally did give up, I opened up the sea valve and turned it all back on. A/C, heat and water pump. Antifreeze came pouring out of the starboard side till it cleared out and was nothing but lake water. Starboard didn't get any water or antifreeze out of it. I left and went to winterize another friends boat and when I came back water was flowing out the port side and everything was working perfectly.
Ok guys what the heck am I missing here. I plan on giving it another shot tomorrow and see what happens.
Any tips on this would be greatly appreciated.
Steve