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As I turned the electric pump on I got about 2 gallons of clear water out of the exhaust before the antifreeze came out.
The biggest deal with this system is you have to run the engine long enough...

Got her winterized last night, ran engine for around 30 min, cool thing is I can go out and do it every night if I want... rv/boat antifreeze is $10 for 5 gallons at Walmart. Electric pump was $29 at...

The boat was completely repainted, the bottom color is a very dark blue, synergy green and metallic silver.. all GM colors , supra graphics are paint as well..


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Lol my main reasoning behind all this is to have an excuse to fire her up weekly in the...

A previous poster said with my system I would be pumping the antifreeze and it would be bypassing out of the exhaust until the Tstat opened, thus contaminating my 10 gallons of antifreeze with 5 gal...

Also is it easier to drain block and get all 5 gallons of water out or take the thermostat out?


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I forgot to mention the low in East Texas winters is usually no lower than 25 degrees.


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I maybe get 1/2 a gallon of fluid out the exhaust before the thermostat opens???


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I did crack a v6 block one year but I built this for that boat...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181001/cdb05183b216a87bb0604169cd435de3.png


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While pumping antifreeze let exhaust water run on ground until pure antifreeze is seen then put buckets under exhaust, then you can run the engine as long as you want as often as you want


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Here's my swim deck proof, and the the style throttle knob I got in the works..


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Here's some more pics, planning on doing a few engine mods over the winter. Got Gator Step coming for the swim deck and a KnobWorx throttle knob in the works...

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Yes we still have 2 months left in the season


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This year I will be winterizing as follows
Two 5 gal buckets, one under each exhaust, one $15 electric fuel Pump from autozone. $10 for 2-Bulkhead fittings, 1-T or Y fitting, 7-hose clamps. Drill...

Gonna see if she's sorted today, the skeg was slightly bent causing the turning issue, I'm thinking the shaft seal is leaking as the supertraps were resealed as well as swim platform bolts.. the...

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First post here..
Just picked up an 87 comp a few days ago.. been researching these for a while. I also have a 91 chris craft concept 187 that is being restored with repower.

First outing was...