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Winterizing 5.0L Merc
I have an 03 Chaparral with a 5.0L Merc (Fuel Injected). I would like to
save the cost of having a marina do the winterizing. Can someone explain exactly what I need to do? I have never winterized an I/O. I had outboards that I did on my own for years. Thanks in advance Mark |
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Mark K wrote:
I have an 03 Chaparral with a 5.0L Merc (Fuel Injected). I would like to save the cost of having a marina do the winterizing. Can someone explain exactly what I need to do? I have never winterized an I/O. I had outboards that I did on my own for years. Thanks in advance Mark In my opinion that's too new of a boat to learn on if you have never winterized an I/O. If you screw up and leave some water in the block you may regret it (assuming you are in a cold winter climate). I would hire an experienced mechanic and watch everything that he does. Next year you will be ready to do it yourself. BTW, (to the group) Whatever happened to Skipper? Usually he is here at this time of year promoting his bucket method of winterization. Eisboch |
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Eisboch wrote:
Mark K wrote: I have an 03 Chaparral with a 5.0L Merc (Fuel Injected). I would like to save the cost of having a marina do the winterizing. Can someone explain exactly what I need to do? I have never winterized an I/O. I had outboards that I did on my own for years. Thanks in advance Mark In my opinion that's too new of a boat to learn on if you have never winterized an I/O. If you screw up and leave some water in the block you may regret it (assuming you are in a cold winter climate). I would hire an experienced mechanic and watch everything that he does. Next year you will be ready to do it yourself. I agree. BOAT/US has some info on winterizing, though: http://www.boatus.com/seaworthy/winter/default.asp BTW, (to the group) Whatever happened to Skipper? Usually he is here at this time of year promoting his bucket method of winterization. Eisboch Your choice: 1. Skipper slid down a 50-foot razor blade into a vat of boiling sulphuric acid. 2. Skipper's blood pressure got so high in this newsgroup, his doctor told him to take up latch-hooking. 3. Skipper sold his Bayliner, as he claimed he was about to do, and moved on. 4. Skipper had a serious stroke but still posts here as a right-winger under a new handle that lets him get away with being even snarlier than he was as Skipper. I actually miss the old fart. He was more clever than most of the righties who post here these days and once in a while - not often - would post something that was well-written. The crop of replacement righties are barely semi-literate. |
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Harry Krause wrote:
I actually miss the old fart. He was more clever than most of the righties who post here these days and once in a while - not often - would post something that was well-written. The crop of replacement righties are barely semi-literate. He was definitely good for a few yuks. Eisboch |
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On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 05:09:58 -0400, Eisboch
wrote: BTW, (to the group) Whatever happened to Skipper? Usually he is here at this time of year promoting his bucket method of winterization. ================================================= Skipper appears to have capsized his prairie schooner on the shoals of life or was perhaps pitch poled by the amber waves of grain. He was never really the same after that trip to Alaska to inspect his rusted out, dream-boat, fishing troller. A fantasy snagged on the horns of a reality check it seems. Actually, the bucket method is fairly low risk on an FWC engine in my opinion and experience. The problem I always had with raw water engines was the possibility that the thermostat was not open at the time the anti- freeze was going through the block. Even that is low risk however if you have petcocks for draining the low everything. Let's see if we can rekindle an old wrecked.boats controversy! If that works we can start a thread on the best way to remove a steering wheel, or, "what to name a cop's boat". This all-chain-rode-anchor-dragging-catenary cr*p is getting old, and multi-weight oil just isn't heating up and thinning out like it used to. Jax can inspire controversy but not with Skipper's deft touch. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 05:09:58 -0400, Eisboch wrote: BTW, (to the group) Whatever happened to Skipper? Usually he is here at this time of year promoting his bucket method of winterization. ================================================= Skipper appears to have capsized his prairie schooner on the shoals of life or was perhaps pitch poled by the amber waves of grain. He was never really the same after that trip to Alaska to inspect his rusted out, dream-boat, fishing troller. A fantasy snagged on the horns of a reality check it seems. Actually, the bucket method is fairly low risk on an FWC engine in my opinion and experience. The problem I always had with raw water engines was the possibility that the thermostat was not open at the time the anti- freeze was going through the block. Even that is low risk however if you have petcocks for draining the low everything. Let's see if we can rekindle an old wrecked.boats controversy! If that works we can start a thread on the best way to remove a steering wheel, or, "what to name a cop's boat". This all-chain-rode-anchor-dragging-catenary cr*p is getting old, and multi-weight oil just isn't heating up and thinning out like it used to. Jax can inspire controversy but not with Skipper's deft touch. Eazy questions... To remove a steering wheel...an industrial grade sawz-all... Best name for a cop's boat... Broomsticker... -- "...vice president (Cheney), I'm surprised to hear him talk about records. When he was one of 435 members of the United States House, he was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors. He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. It's amazing to hear him criticize either my record or John Kerry's." - Senator John Edwards, 10/05/04 |
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On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:48:07 GMT, "Mark K"
wrote: I have an 03 Chaparral with a 5.0L Merc (Fuel Injected). I would like to save the cost of having a marina do the winterizing. Can someone explain exactly what I need to do? I have never winterized an I/O. I had outboards that I did on my own for years. I agree with Eisboch. This is way too new to use as a learning exercise. When you have your boat winterized, ask to watch the mechanic and ask questions. It's not hard to do, but if it's not done right, then you are screwed. Later, Tom "Beware the one legged man in a butt kicking contest - he is there for a reason." Wun Hung Lo - date unknown |
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I'm inclined to agree with the other posters for the same reason, even
though it isn't rocket science. Better to see someone who knows what to do and take it from there. Now OT. Are all Righties scumbags? I've always considered myself on the right, but sure hate the idea that you guys would consider me your enemy. Is that just the way it is? Best regards. |
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Now OT. Are all Righties scumbags? I've always considered myself on
the right, but sure hate the idea that you guys would consider me your enemy. Is that just the way it is? I do believe that there is only one poster in the NG who often states all right wingers are scum bags. Is the right the enemy of the left? No, but some righties, (Hannity, LImbaugh, Coulter, O'Reilly, etc etc etc etc) claim to be........but only because anybody left of Zell Miller is a treasonous socialist and will be taken out and shot when we finally get rid of the pesky bill of rights. :-) |
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Frank wrote:
I'm inclined to agree with the other posters for the same reason, even though it isn't rocket science. Better to see someone who knows what to do and take it from there. Now OT. Are all Righties scumbags? I've always considered myself on the right, but sure hate the idea that you guys would consider me your enemy. Is that just the way it is? Best regards. No, not all righties are scumbags. There are many righteous conservatives of conscience whose views are well-reasoned and acceptable by men and women of good will. There are a couple of righties in this very newsgroup who seem quite reasonable to me, even on the issues on which we are diametrically opposed. But those righties are in the minority here. Most are closed-minded ideologues who support every brainfart George W. Bush emits, and who think a rightie who strays from that path is a traitor. Several of the righties here, for example, call John McCain a traitor. Those are the scumbag righties. How do you feel about John McCain? I like him a lot personally, and respect him and his ideas, even though many of his ideas are the opposite of the ones I hold. But McCain is a man of integrity, and reached his views intellectually. I also admired Barry Goldwater late in his life. -- "...vice president (Cheney), I'm surprised to hear him talk about records. When he was one of 435 members of the United States House, he was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors. He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. It's amazing to hear him criticize either my record or John Kerry's." - Senator John Edwards, 10/05/04 |
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