Starting engine after it was drained.

[tomasz]

Oh boy, its me again.

Guys,
As a precaution I drained water from my engine. I have single point system (it does have 2 seacocks thus I removed them too) I keep my boat in Poconos and it's getting cold there. Next weekend I should be done with my bell housing work thus the question is what is the correct procedure of starting a boat after water was drained? Do I have to fill it up using thermostat hose or just putting muffs and then starting engine is enough? I don't want to mess anything up as those darn parts are expensive. Once I'm done with all the work i will drain it again and will put -100 antifreeze.

Thank you all
Tomasz

 

[Don S]

Re: Starting engine after it was drained.

After you get the work done, just hook up the muffs and start it. When done, drain it again. No need for antifreeze unless you just like to flush money down the drain.

 

[tomasz]

Re: Starting engine after it was drained.

Thank you very much for your answear.

Tomasz

 

[ziggy]

Re: Starting engine after it was drained.

yep. got down to 23*F last night. i was drained of water. this morning, abouts 11 o'clock i hooked up the muffs and started her up. it was about 43*F or so. the block and manifold was bone dry best i know. just the way i wanted it. no issues. went boating all day. gonna be 37*F tonight. i'm drained again after a fun day at the lake... go ahead and freeze. i'm ready.... . i do this all the time. it's called an extended season w/ an i/o. the most important part is being empty of water prior to the freeze. the start up being empty of water makes no difference.
when i start up empty of water, it takes maybe 30 (+ or -) seconds for the water to start to exit from the prop hub and relief ports. that's filled back up with water pretty fast...

 

[tomasz]

Re: Starting engine after it was drained.

Thank you.