I've got an 06 22V with the 5.7 MP EFI
Just finished my winterizing routine of oil change, and running antifreeze through the engine.
When running water or antifreeze through the engine I used a pail system as in the picture below. The 1 1/4" hose from the pail goes directly into the intake hose.
This was my process…
1. Run water through the engine until engine heats up to 170 (half way on the guage) and thermostat opens.
2. Shut off boat.
3. Fill pail with RV antifreeze.
4. Run boat until antifreeze comes out the exhaust flappers at the back.
5. Drain block to ensure antifreeze got past thermostat.
With the garden hose in the pail on full blast and the engine running at idle the pail would gradually empty, in other words the hose couldn’t keep up to the demand.
When the pail was almost empty I shut off the boat and allowed the pail to fill, then restart and repeat.
After the engine heated up to 170 or so (halfway on the gauge), the garden hose would actually be able to keep up and the pail would slowly fill. It was still sucking water as I could see it through the hose but was not taking as much for some reason, and the temp continued to rise.
The engine temp gauge got to about three quarters then I shut the engine off as I did not want it to go higher.
Do you think that’s an issue? The engine ran fine all summer and I didn’t really pay much attention to the temp gauge but I’m pretty sure it was always around 170 (center of gauge). I’m wondering if it’s just an oddball thing from running the boat out of water, but I figured the pail method would be as close to being in the water as you can get.
I replaced the impeller and it was in perfect shape, any comments?
Just finished my winterizing routine of oil change, and running antifreeze through the engine.
When running water or antifreeze through the engine I used a pail system as in the picture below. The 1 1/4" hose from the pail goes directly into the intake hose.
This was my process…
1. Run water through the engine until engine heats up to 170 (half way on the guage) and thermostat opens.
2. Shut off boat.
3. Fill pail with RV antifreeze.
4. Run boat until antifreeze comes out the exhaust flappers at the back.
5. Drain block to ensure antifreeze got past thermostat.
With the garden hose in the pail on full blast and the engine running at idle the pail would gradually empty, in other words the hose couldn’t keep up to the demand.
When the pail was almost empty I shut off the boat and allowed the pail to fill, then restart and repeat.
After the engine heated up to 170 or so (halfway on the gauge), the garden hose would actually be able to keep up and the pail would slowly fill. It was still sucking water as I could see it through the hose but was not taking as much for some reason, and the temp continued to rise.
The engine temp gauge got to about three quarters then I shut the engine off as I did not want it to go higher.
Do you think that’s an issue? The engine ran fine all summer and I didn’t really pay much attention to the temp gauge but I’m pretty sure it was always around 170 (center of gauge). I’m wondering if it’s just an oddball thing from running the boat out of water, but I figured the pail method would be as close to being in the water as you can get.
I replaced the impeller and it was in perfect shape, any comments?
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