Re: how many drain plugs are there??????
Joe you also need to drain the exhaust manifolds and riser, I drain mine by pulling the cooling hose from the manifold barb, located bottom centre of manifold, once drained I then hook hose back up then disconnect same hose from thermostat side and fill manifold and riser with a non-toxic antifreeze, I fill until I get A/F draining out or exhaust ports, then reattach hose and do the same for the other exhaust manifold, once that complete I pull big hose from t-stat to water pump, ( disconnect from t-stat only) then a pour A/F down hose into block, but make sure you have drain plugs back in block. When filling block I first put about 2 litre of a/f in, then I remove the two brass drain plugs again, just to make sure I got all the water out, then install drain plugs and fill block until A/F starts flowing out of T-stat housing, were big hose goes, at that point reinstall hose. Next pull the 1.5 inch cooling hose from T-stat (opposite big hose for water-pump) this is the intake water cooling hose that passes from outdrive and through the power steering cooler(located under port (left side) manifold, once hose is discontected from t-stat pour antifreeze down, this will backflush any water out will drain from water intake on lower outdrive, do this until A/F starts coming out from drive, make sure to have drive down position...I know you already removed the drive but you can still do the backflush. Heres a recap of what holds water ( Engine Block , Exhaust manifolds and risers power steering cooler). I just winterized last night now I'm hearing of wet snow in Ajax, Barrie ,Kitchener...
