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Poll: Winterize- dry or antifreeze?

RedWakesetterVLX

By RedWakesetterVLX,
in Maintenance, Tech Info & Troubleshooting

Winterize. Dry block or antifreeze?  

100 members have voted

  1. 1. Which one do you do?

    • Drain and leave dry
      49
    • Drain and add antifreeze
      51

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On 10/11/2018 at 5:06 AM, Cazan said:

So why does Indmar recommend just draining and leaving dry? 

 

This what I've done for 15 years. I would assume the manufacture is smarter than backyard mechanics. 

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TomH
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Man, some of you guys really overthink winterization.  Unless you're a dealer doing a ton of winterizations, where you're recirculating coolant and testing coolant levels to verify protection, every w

MalibuNation
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Leave it in for the whole winter.

MattyICE15
MattyICE15

Easier draining all hoses/block and then pouring the antifreeze in manually through J hose. I leave the petcock open at the bottom of the block to verify I'm getting AF in the block then I close her u

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LOL  I love that this poll is 50/50, I figured that would be the case.

I'd make it 51/49, if it would let me vote. 

Leave it dry, just make sure you put your brass plugs back in after all the water drains out so the threads on the block do not corrode.

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