Pour in Method - anti-freeze

While we are talking plugs...and I have looked at the manuals in the reference section...I count 5 on my PCM351.   2 on the block, 2 on the exhaust manifolds and one on the tranny cooler. Do I have them all?

Thanks

Another couple questions. I have a heater and shower which the previous owner installled. Do I need to blow air through the lines to get all the water out?

conversation yesterday, can you easy out my manifold plugs? are they brass, yes.
he rounded them.
cure, after removing, index finger tight with wrench and never sieze.
also i try not to use any sealant and it is one place i will use teflon tape as pete indicates on steel....teflon sealant drys and locks and you need heat to break loose.
seeing the same round of boats again and no problems ever, plugs come right out.

these plugs fill a void they are not there to hold back pressure and they do not need to be overtightened

dochockey wrote: I live in MI Only one year did I do the antifreeze method and that year it disintegrated my impeller, since then I just drain the block fog the carb, change oil.

Kirk,
What impeller do you use? I have heard that there are some cheap ones out there made with some pretty inferior rubber compounds. Stick with the OEM Sherwood or Jabsco.

This thread: "25 year old impellers" covers what I found this spring. They were still working without any cooling issues but where OEM impellers.

What type of antifreeze did you use? I had always used the regular 50/50 mix of automotive and then I'd say about 15 years ago switched to the RV. As noted in the linked thread, the only thing I feel the RV went after was the 1964 hoses attached directly to the pump.

gun-driver wrote: MI-nick wrote: this will be my second year of drain only...no antifreeze...i couldn't find a compelling reason to spend money on antifreeze... These kinds of comments just kill me. How about the cost of a block verses a gallon of anti-freeze? I hear comments like this with the snowmobiles. Guys will pay 12 grand for the latest and greatest sled but then run some cheap aftermarket 2 stroke oil because its 5 dollars a gallon cheaper than factory recommended oil.

The sled oil comment is really a wrong one to make.

As long as it is rated the same as the factory recommended oil, it is just fine. Actually, unless the sled manufacturer (or OB or any other 2 stroke machine) provides the oil they "require" you to use free of charge to maintain any warranty, they legally can't deny warrnaty claims.

One funny fact about sled oils is in say Yamalube 2 stroke oil, it is the exact same oil that gets sold at fleet farm for 10 dollars a gallon in the "Arctic Blue" brand. It just costs less, but comes from the same vats at the place it is made.   On the yamaha sled site I'm on, one guy works for the company that makes both of those, and many other oils.

Back to winterizing the SN, though. Yeah, we had 2 close to frost advisories here, but not yet. Away from Lake Michigan, they had frost,and freeze warnings for most of the state.   

I will probably winterize mine this week.

Winterized the 502 today. Ran, drained, ran in 4.5 gallons of RV and called it a season. Will get the Mustang in 2 weeks.

Ran the martinique several hours today. 80 degrees and perfect today with almost no boat traffic. On a Saturday in summer, that would never have happened.

I plan on running it one more time, when I take it back up north to store.

I pulled the Atom home from GL this year due to the shop project up north due to needing the room up there to store the cabinets going in the shop. I'm pulling it back north this week and yesterday realized it would be a smart idea to winterize here maximizing my 4 day weekend for the shop "trim out". I had my oil sucker here but the rest was up north. Ran to Napa last week for oil, Stabil (marine) and fogging oil. They had to order the fogging oil!!! The economy has got lots of inventories down to very low levels!

The Atom's done and ready for the winter.

The Tique got it's winterizing on Labor day.

The X55 never got off the beams in the boathouse!    But, it was the sacrifice of time needed on the shop project!

8122pbrainard wrote: skicat2001 wrote: I am glad I do not live up north. Brutally cold up there.. I'm glad I don't live down south. Brutally hot and humid down there!!

My thoughts exactly Pete.

8122pbrainard wrote: skicat2001 wrote: I am glad I do not live up north. Brutally cold up there.. I'm glad I don't live down south. Brutally hot and humid down there!!

Pete,

I am sure we say the same thing to each other. You would get used to it over time...

When you are still too hot in the banana hammock, then it's simply too hot.

The only way I could get used to the heat and humidity is if I were in the water all day, or in air conditioning all day.

Pete,
I would drink myself silley even up there to keep myself warm..

I have a rather weird assumption... The south have longer summers, but it seems that the norhthern boats have more hrs on there boats? Go figure... I seem to now be able to figure that one out.... I just crossed 810 on mine. I always see up north anywhere from 200-600 more hrs on boats up there. What the hell yall into?   

anticipation...were locked up all winter

skicat2001 wrote: What the hell yall into?

That's not sand on the waters edge!!

^^that seems insane. i can see 200-250 from a dealer..