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Default ¿¿¿Winterizing a V-8 houseboat engine???

loonfellow@lakeside. wrote:

pump finally stropped draining water, but the one on the
engine water pump kept on and on and on...to the point
that I don't see how the whole system could hold that
much water. Could it still be coming as I drain it out? If so,
what to do about that?


Is the boat still in the water? If so then yes it will keep siphoning
from the lake.

Also, somewhere I got the idea that it's good to open the
system where the thermostat would go and fill it with
anti-freeze, to take care of pockets where water could
still be trapped and maybe even to keep gaskets etc
from drying out. Is that something I should do? If so,
would a 50/50 mix be good enough?


You should find what you need he

http://brownsmarina.com/tech-winter-inboard.html


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Dave Brown
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