Winterization newbie

[Katiejoe2005]

Today I attempted to winterize my 1995 mercruiser 3.0. I put fuel stabilizer in the tank. I ran fresh water through for 10-15 minutes. I then ran 5 gallons of antifreeze through at idle. During the antifreeze I fogged the engine at a higher rpm. After all that I drained the block and manifold. They drained pink. My question is, should I have drained those and should I refill them back or will they refill during the next hose flush

 

[thumpar]

Re: Winterization newbie

Just leave it drained. Make sure you drain the lower water pump hose too.

 

[bspeth]

Re: Winterization newbie

n the power steering cooler

 

[84EdH]

Re: Winterization newbie

many, (most?) on this forum don't do any antifreeze adding. the saying goes, "air don't freeze". drain block, drain manifold, drain lower water pump hose (as Thumpar says), and I don't know if you have a power steering cooler tube, but I pull the hose on mine and make sure no water in there either.

Ed