[Alberg30] Winterizing

[T. Kevin Blanc]

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At most marine stores you can buy engine antifreeze
that is made with Propylene Glycol, rather than
polypropylene glycol (forgive me if I don't have this
just so). It is much, much less toxic. I believe there
was/is a brand of antifreeze called Safer made for
autos that is of the same environmentally safe
formulation.

The difference between this and normal antifreeze is a
few dollars and a order of magnitude difference in
toxicity. 

I have a gasoline engine. I fog the cylinders with
fogging oil. I first choke the engine to a stop by
spraying it into the intake to coat the insides. Then
I remove each spark plug and spray it in. This
requires some timing with the intake hose in the
bucket of antifreeze...

And, of course, top off the gas and use Stabil or
another brand of stabilizer. Then I spray the block
and electronics with a corrosion inihibiting spray
(also, apparently environmentally safe).


--- Bob Lincoln <lincoln at cc.UManitoba.CA> wrote:
> WinterizingSuggestion before leaving the boat
> outside in below-freezing
> temperatures:
> 
> In the water:
> 1. Run engine for half hour to open thermostat &
> heat up oil.
> 2. Close the thru-hull valve.
> 3. Disconnect raw water intake & put intake hose in
> bucket of low-toxic car
> antifreeze.  (you could later put a bypass T in the
> line to connect up with
> a garden hose fitting)
> 4. Run engine until you see antifreeze coming out of
> exhaust thru-hull.  Do
> not run engine without the hose in the antifreeze or
> your impeller may
> disintegrate.
> 5. Stop engine, drain oil while warm & replace oil
> filter.
> 6. Don't run or turn engine again unless you
> reconnect hose with thru-hull
> and open it to water, or have the hose in a bucket
> of antifreeze.
> 
> Out of the water:
> 7.  If the motor has a hand crank and you can turn
> it without cardiac arrest
> you can crank until antifreeze comes out of the
> exhaust, but if the engine
> is cold and the thermostat closed you may not get
> sufficient antifreeze into
> the engine block.  Some advocate turning the motor
> over several times during
> the winter to lube things, but this may remove some
> of the antifreeze.
> 8. Clean up any oil or soot in engine compartment.
> 
> Bob Lincoln
> Indigo #590
> Winterpeg, Manitoba
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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