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Old     (spudski67)      Join Date: Apr 2006       10-06-2006, 2:29 PM Reply   
i have a 1990 supra sunsport. is there any reason i can't just drain the water out of the engine and skip the antifreeze step? it has the little drain nozzles
Old     (mastercraft1995)      Join Date: Nov 2002       10-09-2006, 8:00 AM Reply   
yep, just make sure you get all the water out. I've never put antifreeze in my motor and haven;t had any problems.
Old     (gpalovcak)      Join Date: May 2003       10-09-2006, 8:32 AM Reply   
I would not take the chance. We had a block crack thinking we got all the antifreeze out. Unless you use air pressure to make sure it is out. I would just pour some RV antifreeze in. If any little pockets of water are in there the RV antifreeze will mix with it. Cheap insurance.
Old     (26lacefield)      Join Date: Aug 2006       10-09-2006, 6:55 PM Reply   
just make sure that you drain the water out of the block on both sides and out of the exhaust manifolds on both sides as well. if its a carb. engine there is this stuff you can buy at probably any boat store called storage seal. its made by McCurser. spray that in the carb. antill the boat dies or antill some light smoke comes out of your exhaust.it just keeps your carbs and cylinders from gumbing up. spray the storage seal in before you drain the water out of the block and the manifolds. you also might want to put a little fuel stabilizer in the gas tank just to keep it fresh for next summer.
Old     (soak_up_the_sun)      Join Date: Jun 2004       10-10-2006, 9:07 AM Reply   
What amount of fuel should be in the tank when you winterize? Full, half, almost empty? Or does it really matter. We will put fuel stabilizer in it, just wondered if there was a "best practice" on this.
Thanks!
Oh, and sorry for the semi-hijack!
Old     (jon4pres)      Join Date: May 2004       10-10-2006, 9:14 AM Reply   
Full is probably the best option. If the tank is full it will not allow water condensation in the tank.
Old     (yosquire)      Join Date: Jun 2005       10-10-2006, 9:42 AM Reply   
A small space heater with an Anti-freeze thermostat is also cheap insurance. (provided it's not going to burn your boat down.)

I keep my boat, un-winterized, in an insulated garage. I keep a space heater in the ski-locker set to 42 degrees. Plus when it gets really cold, I keep a 200 watt block heater on the engine plugged into a different power circuit.

This year, I'm thinking about adding a temperature data-logger/alarm.

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