winterizing for the first time

[Colbydale]

I bought a 1998 330 Sea Ray Sundancer this year and need to find out how to winterize all the systems on the boat , It has AC/ Heat, Hot and Cold Water, Vac U Flush, twin 454 fuel injected Mercruisers and a generator. If anyone can help me with this information or tell me where to find it I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[larrytbull]

for my 95 330, what i did was

got one of the winterizing kits from WM it is a 5 gall jug with a nozzle, (you could probably make it cheaper your self,

i then started with the generator
closed the sea cock then opened top of strainer put the tub from the jug into strainer, and then started gen, with local switch, turned on pink anti freeze from jug
and watched for a/f to go out exaust port on side then fogged engine through carb.

for a/c, same basic formula, close seacock,open strainer, turn on a/c, look for pink.

each engine, same thing, except i am carbed,so i fogged through carb while engine running,

for fresh water, drain the h/w tank, for cold water,drain f/w then fill with pink a/f
run through each faucet till i see pink, same for vacuflush


takes me a bout 1 to 2 hours for all of it



your FI engine may have a different way to fog, if needed, not sure on that, I am sure someone else will chime in

 

[AnchorsAweigh]

hey larry, just how many gallons do you end up using?

 

[larrytbull]

usually around 25 - 30 gal when all done