Crud: Winter damage ... could be a LOT worse

[tg0824SSVGG]

Last year, I put in a Perko flushing system to allow me to hook the hose up in the drive way - to the back of the boat - without the fake-a-lake.

I neglected to take the water out of it (or put antifreeze into/thru it).

BOOM - at least it's only $60 and not the block ...

Better found in the driveway than at the lake - this is in the mainline intake from the lake - and would have FLOODED the boat.

[jsandy]

i hate to be the dick but if you did'nt winterize your boat you probly have a busted block and heads bud

[Sluggo]

There are a lot of different ways to winterize. Many folks on here have used various methods that do not involve sucking in anti-freeze through the intake and have been sucessfull for years.

[Fman]

Todd is a pretty sharp guy and veteran boater, I would highly doubt he did not winterize his boat properly living in Colorado....

Nice catch on the broken part Todd, hope your first outing has no other problems.

[Okie Boarder]

Glad to hear that's all it was...I bet you'll add a step to protect that next year huh? ;-)

[tg0824SSVGG]

yeah, special attention paid to the block and heater core -- I just don't normally put antifreeze in the block - I DRAIN DRAIN DRAIN it -- forgot about that one little plastic thing ... I put that on there to run "off-lake" without a fake-a-lake, since my dirt driveway doesn't support the thing well, it falls out when the dirt gets wet - and I can clean/flush the block quickly -- but no worries about the comment.

[mapleleaf]

Trying to remember how many posts I've read where Todd had to dewinterize and winterize just to use his boat for the day.....Sorry 'bout the fake a lake dude, fake another lake and get that girl in the water!!!