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Default Is draining the block enough to keep it from cracking....?

On Jan 16, 7:11*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:12:01 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

I've known of people who have taken the prop off the lower and put it
in a large vat (55 gal drum cut in half) , put the lower in it an run
the engine which gives the engine a total flush of water, *but that
takes a lot of antifreeze and storing is a problem and it's a messy
set up.... but it works.


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You can do it with a lot less antifreeze by using a set of "muffs" to
gravity feed right into the intake holes on the I/O leg. * You just
need to rig up a jerry jug and some hoses.


I've tried that and didn't have the best of results. Then again, I
didn't really have a good set of muffs.