Winterizing with a XR Drive
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Winterizing with a XR Drive
When I ran the boat last time out of the water with the muffs there wasn't much water coming out of the exhaust. I noticed that most of the water was running out of four holes at the front of the nose cone. Should I try and block those off so the antifreeze goes into the motor and not on the ground.
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Gotta plug/tape those front holes too to use the side muffs
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gotta cover those inlets either with tape or buy the kit from mercury; looks like a bottle cap that goes over the holes and snaps together around the drive. if that does resolve the water issue, check your impeller.
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If possible, easiest thing is to put a bucket in the bilge, then pull the hose off the transom assembly and stick it in the bucket. You may need a little longer hose for it to work, but that's the way I do it and it works like a charm. I have some jobbie I rigged up with a 1-1/4 hose, then a ball valve, then an adapter to go to a garden hose. I usually pull the hose off the back of the pump and hook that up to flush, run on the hose, etc.
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Of course all of this assumes that one can winterize a motor by simply running antifreeze through it. Personal opinion here, but I'm not a big fan of this method. There are simply too many chances of not getting the proper mixture of water & antifreeze in all of the different areas where the cooling water flows.
Now, if you drain everything first, then refill the system with antifreeze, I can live with that.
I will now stand by and get burned at the stake by everyone who's used this method. Remember, I work at a marina where we winerize over 400 boats each year. We're always looking for the fastest, safest, least expensive method. We experimented with using this method several times - and concluded that it was too risky for us.
Now, if you drain everything first, then refill the system with antifreeze, I can live with that.
I will now stand by and get burned at the stake by everyone who's used this method. Remember, I work at a marina where we winerize over 400 boats each year. We're always looking for the fastest, safest, least expensive method. We experimented with using this method several times - and concluded that it was too risky for us.
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That said, in the past I've just ran a/f in without draining, but usually ran about 12 gallons through before shutting it down...
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The motor is procharged so it has a intercooler im assuming that if it shoots A/F out of the intercooler discharge port then the intercooler should be good?