D&LBusch wrote:
Do I need to drain the block and hoses if I'm using one of those coolant
kits that attaches to the muffs on the outdrive? It would appear not.
since it is sucking in the Anti Freeze and will displace any water left in
the block. Thanks in advance. David

On my 3.0 alpha1, I drain the block via the petcock on the side of the
engine, also pull the little brass plug from the bottom of the exhaust
manifold and drain it. Then pull the radiator hoses, and dump in the
pink stuff untill I see it running out of the block and the manifold.
leave them un capped and the hoses off.

Then pull the water hose going down to the impeller and flush the pink
stuff to it, untill it is draining out of the water intake.

I've done that for two years and no problems, even when here in the
midwest, we had some "record" sustaining cold.

I also pull the battery and put it in the log splitter, where it gets
charged and ran quite regularly.