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

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:22:25 -0500, Dave Brown wrote:

loonfellow@lakeside. wrote:

Then I guess I do need to fill it with anti-freeze and tighten
everything back up or it will fill back up with lake water?


Are you leaving it in the water for the winter? Then there's other
things you need to do...


Yes, I'm leaving it in the water. I'm in GA though, so there's no
need to worry about the lake freezing. I do need to worry about
the motor filling up with lake water, or even filling to a certain
point though. It seems that if I fill it with anti-freeze, or even
50/50 then it would eventually become a pretty even mix of
water and anti-freeze throughout the whole system which would
be full and allow no more lake water to come in, prevent any
pockets of just water which could freeze, and keep gaskets
etc from drying out.
 
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