winterization

There's more than one way to skin the fresh water winterization cat. I made a video showing the process of how I do it with my air compressor. It's a different brand of boat and every model has it's own setup, but it might be useful anyway. Heads up, it's a bit on the long side. I have a...

I opened the blue One-Point valve on my raw water cooled Alpha One 5.0 in the water at the marina and was eventually surprised to hear the automatic bilge pump. The boat was sinking. I raised the outdrive but the water flow out of the one point valve in the bilge at bow end did not stop...

A raw/seawater (no heat exchanger/marine radiator) engine cannot be freeze protected by adding anti-freeze, without fully draining, no matter what Camco or your buddies tell you. When you pour anti-freeze in, a little may enter the block's water jacket regardless of temperature gauge reading...

I'd like to suggest that you pull the bilge plug and turn the blue handle of one-point winterization before you park your raw water cooled boat in anticipation of full winterization. This should drain the water/coolant from your engine. Water expands with metal cracking force if trapped in a...

Reviewing the Mercruiser manual for the 4.5, using a raw water cooling system, it appears that the recommendation is to drain the system for short term freeze protection (remove blue plug and turn blue handle) but to refill it with propylene glycol if full winter storage is anticipated. Why...

5.0L MPI, raw water, no seawater pump, single point, manual, 2003. Why don't I just turn the blue circular handle every time I park this trailer boat? I always pull the bilge plug on account of a bad experience years ago. (I thought I had a slow leak in the visible tire while I was preoccupied...

Hi All, Looking for Winter storage here on Long Island, South shore (I live in lindenhurst ) Looking for a Safe inexpensive place that I can get in a do work on my 25ft Sundance Again I do like to sometimes do my own Winterization and Have a Cover (not a Tarp) which I also use some times...

Hey Club Sea Ray, I was at the marina working on winterizing the boat. I am doing to myself to save a small fortune. The marina said because my 7.4 Mercruisers are fuel injected I should create a mix of marvel mystery oil, engine stor, and a stabilizer and run each engine for 20 minutes...

It was a chilly one last night and it crushes me that I even have to ask about winterizing but I want to be sure I am ready and to see what I am in for. Does anyone have a checklist they follow when winterizing their boat that you would share with me and Club SeaRay? Also is there a certain...

Hey all. I'm trying to plan ahead for my wi...wintppbbth.. sorry, can't bring myself to name that season that all the white stuff falls from the sky, and the temps drop to block crack temp, yet. Well, I need to set myself up with a good dehumidifier for the season-that-shall-not-be-named. I'm...

I have a winterization question for Lake Lanier, GA. I know it is early in the year. I have my 2004 SeaRay 185 Sport in a covered wet slip. What should I do in the winter? I know it needs winterized, but should I have it shrink wrapped and put back in the slip? I do not want to have to pay for...

I am putting my 240 Sea Ray in Heated Storage this winter and am not winterizing the engine. Do I need to disconnect the batteries or just keep them trickle charged every so often?