Frozen pink antifreeze!

Maybe we can say hi in the summer. I’m south in Inver Grove Heights at River Heights Marina. I’d say spring but it looks like it’s going to be a short spring. The snow will be around until May this year I think.

I just ran pink through the heat exchangers while the motors were running. The motors have automotive AF in them. All was good until I read above noting the freezing of pink. I didn’t get down to the boat in the really cold weather as there was a three foot snow bank in front of it. I’m going down to the marina shortly just to see if I can get in the boat at all.

I took my blood pressure shortly after reading that and it was the highest it been since I got out of the hospital last year. LOL.

Byron
 
I have a friend who lives in a houseboat at that Castaways by you. He also has a 270DA for sale.

Gauging by all the snow, we may be flooded out again. We only got out on the river once last year because of all the rain. I do most of my boating on the S. Shore WI, Bayfield area.

I can imagine. My first year I winterized myself, it was sub zero for a couple weeks, it was on my mind constantly as well.

edit: Love Mississippi River Pub BTW.
 
I nearly slipped at Castaways but my big boat deal fell through and they didn’t have a 40’ slip available. I met a couple people up there but I don’t remember their names. It’s a nice place and they have a brand new club house.

This is going to be a busy spring as I have a bunch of projects that didn’t get done due to,problems with the genny.
 
Ollie, that's a pretty good video, but a couple things were missed (unless I didn't pay attention to the video enough - I was kinda just skimming through it).

1) Once the blue drains are removed from the raw water pump, the engine should turned over/bumped a few times (flip the kill switch at the helm) to make sure all the water is evacuated from the raw water pump housing.

2) This one is OFTEN overlooked... with that type of drain system being used (water distribution housing), the hoses that drain the into the back side of the distribution "log" are quite small (especially the block drain hoses). They can get clogged with sand and it would prevent the block from draining properly. They need to be checked/cleared, as well.
 
Ollie, that's a pretty good video, but a couple things were missed (unless I didn't pay attention to the video enough - I was kinda just skimming through it).

1) Once the blue drains are removed from the raw water pump, the engine should turned over/bumped a few times (flip the kill switch at the helm) to make sure all the water is evacuated from the raw water pump housing.

2) This one is OFTEN overlooked... with that type of drain system being used (water distribution housing), the hoses that drain the into the back side of the distribution "log" are quite small (especially the block drain hoses). They can get clogged with sand and it would prevent the block from draining properly. They need to be checked/cleared, as well.

Excellent points Lazy Daze.

1) I don't believe that is in the video. However I do practice this myself. Just a quick couple of bumps after most of the water drains out of the plugs.

2) I believe Eddie mentions that in his video to get behind or underneath the exhaust manifolds and pull the hoses. He just doesn't show it. I have push pull connectors. The port side is a PIA & that one drains the most water. I wholeheartedly agree. I was told to stick a nail or a small screwdriver in there just in case you need to loosen things up.
 
How you guys use the Anti-Freeze in your boats? I am going to use it soon and I found multiple options including an external jug using a garden water hose and the "Micky ears" adapter to the lower unit vs manually remove the water hoses after drain and pour it there. I thing is through the manifold. I wonder if the liquid will get to all places that has to go using the "direct poor in to the hoses" method.

I appreciate any advice, will be perfect if I can use it without have a garden water hose which I dont have in the storage place where I plan to do the winterize.
 
Most important part is draining all the water out of the block. You can do whatever you want after that. Some just leave it dry other add the Af
 
In our old Sea Ray I always just drained it. Make sure you stick something in the drain holes and poke around to make sure they aren't plugged up. With our new Crownline I first drained and poked the holes then started up on water using the external jug you talked about to get the engine hot and open the thermostat then switched the valve to pull the pink from the external tank until it started flowing out the exhaust. I store underground so it's always above freezing but we did have some below freezing temps after I brought it home. In the end I think it's probably better to drain then pull the hoses and pour the pink into there. I think that way you can be more sure to have all the water out.
 
Last year we got temps as low as neg 40 degrees centigrade.
November 1st
I ran the bost up to operating temp on ears .
Shut down momentarily to switch to a short hose on ears and poured AF through a funnel as I ran it again until the Af exiting the exhaust looked undiluted and called it a day.. I was slightly concerned over the winter however no problems whatsoever.
 
Both of the last two posts are a risky method. Pink AF will come out of the exhaust regardless of the thermostat position. So if by chance it didn’t open, or goes shut during the switch to AF, the block will remain full of water while the exhaust side of the system will fill with AF and exit giving the false sense that it is full of AF. Second risk is that the thermostat stays open but the AF mixes with water and does not fully replace it leaving an unknown concentration and freeze point.
So did it work out fine, sounds like it. Can the next time it is done this way fail and cause a cracked block, you betcha.
 
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Drain and fill - takes 10min - no elaborate buckets and values or doing this dance to fog and suck in the antifreeze while trying to figure out if the thermostat is open.

Change oil > Fog > Drain > Fill > done.

And if you are lazy or in a hurry the one step version -Drain- (air doesn't freeze).
 

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