[Public-List] Questions about wintering an atomic 4 engine

[Michael Connolly]

Kirk,
The pink used for engine flush is exhausted into the environment. It is made biodegradable and safe for the environment.  The regular anti freeze used in a fresh water engine system can be the regular type because it stays inside the engine block. Unless the block breaks or a gasket leaks.
Michael
> On 05/14/2024 8:59 AM EDT R Kirk via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> Why the pink antifreeze? Is it so you don't have to bother with two different kinds - one for fresh water system and one for engine?
>     On Monday, May 13, 2024 at 02:03:21 PM EDT, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:   
> 
>  David,
> 
> There are two basic ways to winterize the engine:
>   1. Drain every bit of water from it, &
>   2. Fill the water passages with an antifreeze solution.
> 
> I used to do #1, but found that to be more work. Now I simply
>   1. Warm up the engine so the thermostat lets water flow through the head,
>   2. Stop it and move the intake hose from the through-hull to a bottle 
> of pink non-poisonous antifreeze,
>   3. Start the engine again and run 2 gallons of antifreeze through so 
> pink stuff comes out the exhaust.
> 
> Taking out plugs is part of the "drain every bit of water" path.
> 
> A T-fitting simplifies the antifreeze intake a little, but if I'm hauled 
> out I want the hose off the through-hull (which I leave open in case 
> rain gets below), anyway.
> 
> There are other things you can do, such as squirt a little Marvel 
> Mystery Oil into the spark plug holes to keep things lubricated. Some 
> people "fog the engine" but that seems a bit more complicated to me.
> 
>   - George
> 
> 
> On 5/13/24 11:03 AM, David Terrell via Public-List wrote:
> >    I have some questions about winterizing the atomic 4 engine.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >      1. How long should it take?
> >      2. Do you have to warm the engine up to winterize the engine?
> >      3. Do you have to take out the 3 "plugs" on the sides of the engine?
> >      4. Is having the t fitting absolutely necessary to winterize the
> >        engine?
> > 
> >    I am asking these questions because I suspect the person who is
> >    winterizing the engine is overcharging me  - a lot.
> > 
> >    Thanks for your consideration
> > 
> >    David 432.
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