LouC wrote:
This is why any inboard that I will own in the future has to have closed cooling. Much easier to winterize and you can use the AF in the winterizing tank method, (because all you are doing, is flushing out the raw water side, not the engine) as long as you use a pump to pressurize the flow. Hook up the tank, turn on the pump, start the engine, fog it (either thru the carb or via a winterizing mix if an EFI engine) and when the tank gets low shut it off. Done, no stretching, removing seats, getting beat up, etc. Run 5 gallons of -100 AF and done. Closed cooling and a remote oil filter are musts as if you maintain your own I/O boat, especially when you are getting older and less flexible....
To fog I just filled the fuel filter with 2 stroke oil and ran the motor until it smoked. Then changed filter.
I made a mess of the oil filter because I couldn't find a wrench and had to poke it with a screwdriver to remove it. Then I was turning it the wrong way so long story short ended up with a bunch of oil in the bilge to clean up next time I'm at the boat.
Checked the drive for water intrusion - none, nice pink fluid still in there. I'll get around to that at some point later on.
One thing I did was on my trailer I oil sprayed all of the galvanized parts and suspension components before putting it away. Even just backing it up in my driveway the trailer was noticeably quieter.
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