Fair enough - just wanted to make sureI wasn’t being stupid again! John
> On Sep 28, 2015, at 8:56 PM, Graham Collins via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > 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 < >>>>> <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>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. 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