Re: Antifreeze...1/2 mixed or straight?
I was just curious. We have 104 boat slips in our Marina, 1746 different opinions, 600 different boats (4 myself) here all together probably, 1000 motors. Makes for great dockside/dog walk chat. Myself, I just run to temp (350I/O), after old oil out and new, fog while running Saltaway through. I drain the block, hoses off, and leave the block dry. BUT! Most (all) of my rusted through areas over the years have been bottom of the Stat housing, and of course, bottom on the Mans. I liberally spray WD in the stat housing, and pour AF in the mans. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy over the winter, even if it is a waste of time. On the Gas Tank full or M/T (before it gets mentioned anyway, and I also TAPE off all the vents), well, 4 boats (this one has a 90 gallon tank), and 8 motorcycles, plus the various other engine run implements around the Dogpatch, I'm overwhelmed. So on the weekly trips to town (early retired, and want to stay that way!), I pick up 5 or 10 gallons of gas, Staibil (ya just never know when something might sit for MORE than one year, and at $10 for 80 gallons, why not?), add a little Marvel Mystery oil (might help coat the tank and prevent corrosion--again, the warm and fuzzy thing), and slowly fill up the big boat. Other stuff gets siphoned out, to the van, and replaced with fresh as I get around to it, then either run it, ride it, or for lack of a better word, F#%k it.
PS. All the crap out the back of the boat is captured and disposed off properly. We take our water and clean environment seriously here in the PNW. Although the tree huggers drive me nuts, so things do make sense.
