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[vvfdfirefighter]

For everyone with questions about your heaters and engines. Most manufactures state to fill the cooling system with antifreeze during cold climate storage. This does two things, keeps everything moist in the winter months and also contacts ant water tgat may be left in low spots in the block, heads, headers and heaters and keeps it from freezing. Since regular antifreeze is TOXIC I recommend using a RV winterizing antifreeze such as Camo it Walmart brand. Take the thermostat out and pump the antifreeze into the engine until you see it coming out of the exhaust. Usually a good sign that you got everything full. Try an antifreeze such as this.

http://m.acehardware.com//product/in...uctId=10753645

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[Zim]

Something else to keep in mind... when you've finished all other winterization, spray down your block with some WD40. It helps keep from forming any surface rust.

[chris young]

To each his own, but FWIW, about 20 years ago WD40 disappeared from the regular stock in the hangar (I was an avionics tech for Canadian Airlines in those days). I was told, but never verified for myself, that WD40 has a corrosive aspect to it, and since then I've never sprayed the stuff on anything I valued. I truly do not know the facts, but I figure if it's no good around air planes, I'll keep it away from my boat. Everything we used was specified for the job to be done. I would advise the use of a corrosion inhibitor. In my case, my motor has a nice thin layer of oily grime on it that does the same job YMMV

I thought I'd do a quick google and found this http://www.thehulltruth.com/sportfis...-sprays.html#b

Interestingly, the CRC is the stuff we used, and it's a top performer in the test. Also of note, Boesheild T9 which was (rather ironically) made by Boeing, was also removed from use in our hangar for purportedly similar reasons as WD40.

[haugy]

To each his own, but FWIW, about 20 years ago WD40 disappeared from the regular stock in the hangar (I was an avionics tech for Canadian Airlines in those days). I was told, but never verified for myself, that WD40 has a corrosive aspect to it, and since then I've never sprayed the stuff on anything I valued. I truly do not know the facts, but I figure if it's no good around air planes, I'll keep it away from my boat. Everything we used was specified for the job to be done. I would advise the use of a corrosion inhibitor. In my case, my motor has a nice thin layer of oily grime on it that does the same job YMMV

I thought I'd do a quick google and found this http://www.thehulltruth.com/sportfis...-sprays.html#b

Interestingly, the CRC is the stuff we used, and it's a top performer in the test. Also of note, Boesheild T9 which was (rather ironically) made by Boeing, was also removed from use in our hangar for purportedly similar reasons as WD40.

Really? That's the first I've ever heard of that. Off to google to see what I can find. I use WD-40 for everything.

[crystal waters]

Really? That's the first I've ever heard of that. Off to google to see what I can find. I use WD-40 for everything.

Been spraying down entire drive train every year with no rust yet!
Looks like new!
Will be interested in what others have to say or what haugy discovers after his search!