Winterize water and waste tanks
Liberty44140
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of course I will run pink stuff through all of the lines and drain hot water tank separate. Question is on these tanks themselves as even after pump out and running the faucet until the water tank is low, there is still a couple of inches of liquid. Do you all dump pink stuff in to these tanks to keep those couple of in he's from freezing?
07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)
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I agree with Greg on the waste. Start from either the seacock or fresh water (depends on which your head draws from) and then pump it thru the entire system into your waste tank. Obviously pump it out first.
As far as water, I run mine as dry as a I can, then use an air compressor to blow out all the lines from the city water connection. Then I remove the fitting on tank that goes to the pump and put that in a gallon of pink stuff and run thru. I do not put any pink into my fresh water tank. I then put a towel or two under my tank, lifting it up enough that there is no water near the connection end. This helps a lot in the spring when it comes to cleaning it all out. If you can't pump most of the water out and raise one end so it's not near the fitting, then you probably should put pink into the tank.
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Make sure you drain the heAt exchangers good. Water tends to get trapped in there.
most basic pinks are actually just for water systems and not engines. I used pink in engines for years and never had issues. Some marine store pinks will say there is a some sort of an additive against corrosion. Wallmart and so on will have basic.
now I did try the green and the blue pop which does state it's for engines and has all the protection from corrosion in the world. End result is the same lol
video is spot on besides the engines. It's a good idea to drain. On boats with separate drains it's also good time to clear out some sand and dirt by flushing.
i would always flush
then bring engines up to temp for thermo to open and then winteriZe.
most engines need 4 gal or so to cycle thru. Plus bravo vs alpha water pumps behave different.
alphas are real pita to prime and high risk for burning up if not careful.
here is what I do now
Water system is identical to the video
flush engines
fog
and drain.
Thats it
check lower drive for water intrusion by a small sample from the drain.