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Below 32F What should I do

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juniinc

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"Another rookie question.
The

"Another rookie question.
The weather has been great in WA lately,
but it is going to be dropped around 30~32F.
My boat is in the water, I know that I'm supposed to get it out & winterize it.
What should I do? I really like to use the boat for this weekend.
It is a fresh water cooled, so antifreeze in the engine. Can I put some antifreeze in both exhaut manifold?
Am I simply taking a way too much risk?
Thanks as usual."
 
"[b]"Am I simply taking a

""Am I simply taking a way too much risk?"

Nope,... Just Drain the raw water side of things...
The Temp of the water the boat sits in helps too..."
 
"Ayuh,...

You say your syst

"Ayuh,...

You say your system is Closed cooling, with antifreeze...
1/2 of it is Raw water cooled, to cool the antifreeze...
Drain the Raw water side...
If the manifolds are on the Raw water side,...
Drain 'em...
The Heat-exchanger has both Raw water,+ antifreeze...Drain the Raw water side...

I can't See your system,... You've gotta figure it out..."
 
"Yup I figured it out,,,thanks

"Yup I figured it out,,,thanks.
I did drain both manifolds, probably will drain the exchanger raw water side tonite.
I will be installing some sort of bilge heater if it gets any colder.
Thanks much!"
 
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