Hi David,
Well, I guess you can forget about warming up under load when you get
'er running. I didn't think about that weird ritual, hauling boats
from the water, that you guys, who are beyond Hope, do each year.
For me, anything an hour & a half east of Vancouver is beyond Hope :)
https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.3891711,-121.5364525,12z
cheers, Russ
At 12:47 AM 22/10/2015, you wrote:
Thanks all for the words of advice! I'm going to be a wreck until
Sunday when I can get there to try to resolve this situation.
So here's how I managed to do this:
I was attempting to winterize the engine, boat still in the
water. First I just ran the engine normally for a while, maybe
30-45 minutes, while I got everything ready. After I shut it down
and closed the raw water intake seacock, here was my winterizing
plan: 5 gallon bucket sitting on the cockpit sole, filled with pink
antifreeze. A length of hose running through the opening port in
the aft cabin from the cockpit to the engine compartment, connected
to the raw water side of the water strainer. Seemed simple enough:
I could start the engine and watch the level in the bucket, adding
more if necessary.
My big mistake was attempting to prime the hose with antifreeze. I
was just using a small cup to pour some antifreeze into the hose
from the end up in the cockpit; no pressure. It didn't occur to me
that the small height differential would be enough to push water
past the raw water pump into the cylinders, but apparently it
did. I didn't realize what had happened until I attempted to start
the engine, and it wouldn't turn over. At first I thought the
batteries didn't have enough juice to restart after my cold startup
a few moments earlier. I stabbed the button a couple of times, and
then it dawned on me.
I went back down below and disconnected the exhaust hose from the
manifold riser, and sure enough, pink poured out. Perhaps I'm
having a stupid moment but I'm really still scratching my head over
this. I really didn't pour much down the hose, just a couple of
cups. But I'm actually somewhat hopeful that the contents of the
cylinders is mostly antifreeze - should give some corrosion
protection I'm hoping.
Until sunday...
-Dave
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