Hi John
For some of us the idea of doing contortions to be able to pour
antifreeze into my raw water strainer... I'll go with other
solutions. My back hurts thinking about that. My strainer is not
easily accessible.
My solution is similar to Rob's, but I just use a couple of feet of hose
and the bucket sits on the cabin sole just forward of the engine. I
will run it while keeping the bucket filled by hose, until I decide the
engine has warmed up (or I lose interest, whichever comes first). I let
the bucket drain and when it is pretty much empty I start dumping the
antifreeze in. Works for me.
Graham Collins
Secret Plans
C&C 35-III #11
On 2015-09-28 9:42 PM, John Pennie via CnC-List wrote:
What am i missing here? For 20+ years all I’ve done, is close the
engine raw water in, run the engine while pouring a couple of gallons
of antifreeze in through the top of the raw water strainer. When it
comes out pink at the exhaust end I stop. Once on the hard I open the
raw water intake and let whatever remains in the intake hose drain.
Is this a purely an in-water issue?
John
On Sep 28, 2015, at 8:27 PM, robert via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
David:
I do the same on the 'hard'....remove the raw water hose in front of
the raw water pump.....connect a hose to the pump to a 5 gallon
bucket in the cockpit with a running fresh water hose into the
bucket...flush the engine of salt water with fresh water .....heat
the engine up.....stop engine.....empty bucket.....then fill bucket
with 2 gallons of antifreeze (1 gal. undiluted + 1 gal water 50% -
50% mixture) .....run until antifreeze exists transom.....has worked
that way for me for 10 years now. Pretty simple.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 -84
Halifax. N.S.
On 2015-09-28 2:56 PM, David Knecht via CnC-List wrote:
My solution is simpler. I found a tubing size at the hardware store
that fit snugly into the outside opening of the raw water intake. I
got about 15’ piece, fill it with antifreeze and plug one end into
the intake and the other into a bucket of antifreeze on deck. I
then start the engine and wait for the antifreeze to be sucked
through and come out the exit port on the transom. It takes
surprisingly long, before the suction starts. I am presuming that
means the thermostat controls the raw water flow through the heat
exchanger, not the closed loop antifreeze flow? Dave
Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT
On Sep 28, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Listers,
I’m thinking of adding an extra hose and a Y-Valve for the raw
water intake to make winterizing and commissioning the engine
easier — as things stand now, I need to close the through-hull,
unfasten the hose clamps and pull on the hose in a tight little area.
Has anyone done this? Any disadvantages? What type of valve did you
use?
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
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