Running engine while on trailer

[Davpmars]

Can anyone direct me to a good Thread for running the boats engine while out of the water and still on the trailer? I have heard that you can run water into a bucket and have the boat suck the water from that bucket to cool the engine. There must be a topic on this with instructions but I'm not quite sure how to search for it. My searches for "bucket" and "how to run a boat while sitting on the trailer" haven't been very fruitful.

[Potsieuf]

Look up "fake a lake" on google. It looks like this, and all you do is hook up the water hose and go.
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[kaneboats]

Don't run much higher than idle and don't put it in gear but you can certainly run the engine.

[Davpmars]

Don't run much higher than idle and don't put it in gear but you can certainly run the engine.

My purpose is to warm up the engine to facilitate an oil change. I figured I'd let it idle for a few minutes is all.


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[sivs1]

fake a lake and idle wont really get things warm enough, go cruise around the lake for 30 minutes and not worry about it.

[lee]

My purpose is to warm up the engine to facilitate an oil change. I figured I'd let it idle for a few minutes is all.


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When warming the engine up, go by how warm the oil filter is and not by the temp gauge. The water will heat up faster than the oil.

[kaneboats]

I extract mine from the dipstick hole. I don't run the engine and prefer to do it cold. Most of the oil drips down into the pan as the engine cools. I'd rather get more of it out than be able to do it faster by warming the oil. Just my .02. However, if you are using the drain hose clipped under there it does take a VERY long time if you don't warm it first.

Then again, when mine comes out you can barely tell it from the new oil going in. Me likey clean oil! :o

[wolfeman131]

Me likey clean oil! :o

you just likey playing with your dipstick

[kaneboats]

Not as much as Drew's mom does.

[996scott]

Uh oh, there went the thread:eek:

[jzelt]

The issue I don't like with the Fake a lake/plunger is if you are in the boat and move around, that bounces the trailer. I haven't lost connection with the plunger but went with a setup using a hose connection and ball valve connected to the v drive inside the boat so I can monitor/shut it off.

[gregski]

I prefer to adapt the garden hose to 1-1/4" hose and attach to the V-drive inlet. There are several examples of those adapters on the forums, you'll just have to search, maybe "winterization" would help. Or just go to the hardware stare and invent it as you shop.

[Woody929]

I do run mine out of a bucket. You would be amazed at how fast the boat sucks water. I do the bucket to make sure I'm not starving it.

[Davpmars]

I do run mine out of a bucket. You would be amazed at how fast the boat sucks water. I do the bucket to make sure I'm not starving it.

How exactly does that work?


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[Woody929]

How exactly does that work?


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I had to find a picture (of the bucket at least)

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-jHLQwmn/0/L/i-jHLQwmn-L.jpg

I can attach a water hose to the short lead with an on/off valve (this also lets me control the flow of the water into the bucket). I then attach the clear hose to the water intake on the side of the V drive (clear because that was all that Lowes had), and the other end I leave in the bucket to draw the water from.

[flydoc]

I've used an engine block heater with magnets to attach to the bottom of the oil pan. Plug it in for an hour and the oil can be sucked out of the dipstick or drained through the oil drain line very easily.

[kaneboats]

Brilliant! You get a star on your paper today.

[parrothd]

Much easier..

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[trayson]

Current boat has a Perko Flush Pro. Simply attach the garden hose to the valve and you're good to go. no fuss.

http://static.webshopapp.com/shops/076448/files/039448532/perko-flushprotm-marine-engine-flushing-and-winter.jpg

On my last boat, there was a ball valve tee that would direct the water from the intake thru-hull or from the garden hose.

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