RaceCarRich
Member
- Oct 22, 2017
- 86
- Boat Info
- ‘05 240 Sundeck
- Engines
- 5.0L MPI Bravo 3
I have a metric and SAE o-ring kit. Are they actually O-rings or some other type of rubber gasket?
LMK if you’re successful tapping the fuel module. Would be so easy with a drain plug.
I didn’t have the seawater pump output hose off. When I originally backfilled with AF, I left pump plugs out until I saw AF pouring out plug holes then I plugged. Doesn’t that indicate the pump had antifreeze? I was only concerned with what might be trapped between the impeller vanes.
I feel I’ve taken more precautions than 95% of owners including those that go to either of the 3 local pro businesses that I know. I keep waiting for some to say “gotcha” and have a good laugh at what they’ve gotten the newbie to do.
I’d actually like to do a survey as to how many owners actually drain the block and fuel module (other than pulling the blue plugs) vs those that don’t. I think in the real world it’s probably 1 to 10. On boating forums with hard core boaters I’d guess 50/50 or maybe less because no one wants to admit not pulling the block drains and fuel cooler fittings. Maybe it’s different on boats with step-in bilges but on a 240SD I’d go with my guesses.
Thanks again
LMK if you’re successful tapping the fuel module. Would be so easy with a drain plug.
I didn’t have the seawater pump output hose off. When I originally backfilled with AF, I left pump plugs out until I saw AF pouring out plug holes then I plugged. Doesn’t that indicate the pump had antifreeze? I was only concerned with what might be trapped between the impeller vanes.
I feel I’ve taken more precautions than 95% of owners including those that go to either of the 3 local pro businesses that I know. I keep waiting for some to say “gotcha” and have a good laugh at what they’ve gotten the newbie to do.
I’d actually like to do a survey as to how many owners actually drain the block and fuel module (other than pulling the blue plugs) vs those that don’t. I think in the real world it’s probably 1 to 10. On boating forums with hard core boaters I’d guess 50/50 or maybe less because no one wants to admit not pulling the block drains and fuel cooler fittings. Maybe it’s different on boats with step-in bilges but on a 240SD I’d go with my guesses.
Thanks again