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Default winterizing mercruiser?


"Chad" wrote in message
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"P Fritz" wrote in message
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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


what I do is after my motors are warmed I pull the plugs to drain the
water and any sediment that you have sucked up. then reinstall the plugs
and suck up 5 gal of the pink stuff and fogg then go the extra mile and
pull the plugs to drain the pink stuff. I have done this for 8 years in
northern Iowa with no problems.


When it gets cold. I drain the hoses to the heat exchanger and drain the
manifold elbow.