bigwaves
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First time winterizing. Boat in the water - covered slip. Tired of paying $1500 for someone else to do it. 41PC, Cummins diesels. I have completed the head/galley/cockpit sink/transom shower. Hot water heater not accessible to bypass/drain so I ran antifreeze through through the hot water side as well.
Oil changes done.
Forced antifreeze through the AC system with a sump pump submerged in a 5 gallon bucket. Pumped antifreeze through the system until I watched pink discharge into the creek.
Engines and genset next. I bought a Sea-Flush with siphon hose. I will put the sea flush into the strainer, run siphon hose from the sea flush to 5 gallon bucket. Fill bucket, start engine, add pink stuff to the bucket until it discharges from the exhaust. Same with genset.
My question is how do I remove the water from pickup side from the strainer to the pickup? I thought I could try a wet/dry vac to remove the raw water from the hose from the strainer to the seacock but how do I get the water from inside the ball valve in the closed seacock? (Boat is in the water)
I need to do this with the genset and AC pickup side as well.
If anyone has a better way to anything that I have mentioned above or any other tips/tricks/suggestions I would me very grateful! Thank you!!
I?m not doing fuel filters this season. Only 38 hours on engines this year. Racor filters are clean, nothing in the bowls.
Oil changes done.
Forced antifreeze through the AC system with a sump pump submerged in a 5 gallon bucket. Pumped antifreeze through the system until I watched pink discharge into the creek.
Engines and genset next. I bought a Sea-Flush with siphon hose. I will put the sea flush into the strainer, run siphon hose from the sea flush to 5 gallon bucket. Fill bucket, start engine, add pink stuff to the bucket until it discharges from the exhaust. Same with genset.
My question is how do I remove the water from pickup side from the strainer to the pickup? I thought I could try a wet/dry vac to remove the raw water from the hose from the strainer to the seacock but how do I get the water from inside the ball valve in the closed seacock? (Boat is in the water)
I need to do this with the genset and AC pickup side as well.
If anyone has a better way to anything that I have mentioned above or any other tips/tricks/suggestions I would me very grateful! Thank you!!
I?m not doing fuel filters this season. Only 38 hours on engines this year. Racor filters are clean, nothing in the bowls.