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Collecting the winter antifreeze

rcahill31

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"The engine is a 1988 OMC 5.7

"The engine is a 1988 OMC 5.7 litre, with the engine cold can I turn the engine over with coil wire removed and collect the anti-freeze, I looked at the diagram and assume with the outdrive raised that it will come out at the exhaust bellow, kind of a dumb question but I do not want to spill the anti-freeze on the ground or in the water."
 
"Ayuh,...

Just remove the b


"Ayuh,...

Just remove the block,+ manifold drains...
Then it'll run out into the bilge,..
Then drain the bilge into a Bucket...

Turning the motor over will Not drain anything..."
 
"All I did yesterday was pull

"All I did yesterday was pull the drain plugs, let it drain, and sucked it up with the shop vac. Re-bottled it, and dropped it at work in our scrap antifreeze bin."
 
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