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Steve,
The drain cocks are the engine block drain plugs. There are two. Don't run the engine very long if the anti-freeze is not being drawn in thru the flush pro or u will burn out the impeller. Ten seconds seems like a long time.
Do u have the 5 gal bucket of antifreeze on the ground or on the floor of the boat? Might have better luck if it's on the boat to reduce the vertical distance that the impeller has to draw the antifreeze.
How long should it take to suck in 5 gallons of antifreeze? At the rate it sucks, it would take 5 minutes or more. It sucks about 2 shot glasses of water per second. (I can do three man!)
Can I run my engine for that long if hardly anything is passing into the
Sorry about my last post. You posted twice in the time it took me to type it so i missed your last two posts.
There are two schools of thought on winterizing:
1- drain all the water out of the block and hoses.
2- replace the water with antifreeze.
I do #1. Sounds like u are in a pinch. If u can't get the anti-freeze way to work, call me and I'll walk u through method 1. Will take you 30 minutes tops. I'll pm u my cell #.
If It's not drawing through the Flush Pro (not too familiar with it by the way) then why not try flushing it from the water pick-up under the boat with a "fake-a-lake" or homemade copy-cat version with a plunger?
Here is what was determined. The flushpro may have a crack so Perko is sending me a new one for free. They were outstanding on the phone - but it didn't help.
I then just discounneceted the 1 1/4" pipe from the flushpro and put THAT into the pale which is sucked up in 5 seconds.
DONE.
Thanks for helping everyone. Seriously appreciate it. All boat groups are great but I wonder if a Mastercraft news group would be as good as you guys.
I am out in alberta here..... have had several ski boats have always had it done for me.... but the new moomba supra dealer here in alberta nad they have great customer service. If you were to call martin marine in edmonton I garantee they will help you out and take good care of you at the same time.
Good luck and have fun in boston
I have the flush fitting which i use if i just want to run the motor to warm up etc but when i actually want to add antifreze to flush through as i empty mine when i'm done i disconnect one of the high connections at my waterstrainer and just dump 2 jugs of antifreeze down the 1 1/4 hose i believe as quickly as possible then shut motor down and drain as well. this is what i was shown by my mastercraft buddy and have done successfully 3 yrs now. this is my way maybe not quite right but seems to work.Sorry boat is wrapped up so no pics to show or explain better.
I used the Perko last yr for winter. It took me a few tries to get the "adapter" all the way down in order to depress the spring enough to draw antifreeze out of the bucket. After it was seated properly, the system worked great, but it did seem to take longer than I expected.
Thank you everyone. Just dropped boat off at the heated storage warehouse here in Ottawa. The antifreeze was in case they lost heat and everything froze.
Appreciate all the help. Perko is sending me a new flushpro as they have no idea why it's not working. That adapter is for @hits
yea, adapter issue I would not pull the plugs and then run, run then pull plugs. Beter yet pull the plugs, drain the water and thenfill with antifreeze.
Watch for pink, remember your heater needs an open thermostat