[C320-list] Engine Coolant

[resloat]

Bob-On a cold engine, remove the coolant cap on the top of the engine and 
check to see if the coolant level is up to the cap level or below.  If below 
add same color coolant to the engine, put the cap back on and then fill the 
reservoir halfway up to the full level.  After motoring enough to get the 
engine hot, check the reservoir level and add more to the reservoir if 
needed.  This way you will know if the coolant level is dangerously low. 
Just filling the reservoir might not help get any coolant into an under 
filled engine coolant system, since the fluid only drains from the reservoir 
into the engine after a hot engine has cooled down which results in a slight 
vacuum that pulls the coolant into the engine from the reservoir.

Bob Sloat
S/V Savannah 894 (2002)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BairdRJB at aol.com>
To: <C320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:05 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Engine Coolant


>I am a fairly new boat owner and need some advice on engine  coolant.  The
> coolant reservoir appears empty.   I purchased the  Halvoline brand (per 
> the
> Yanmar technical bulletin).  Do I put the  coolant/distilled water mixture
> directly into the reservoir or  what?
>
> My apologies if the question seems ignorant.  I may have earned three
> post-graduate degrees in the social sciences but I am somewhat of a nimrod 
> when
> it comes to mechanical stuff.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob Baird
> Star Dust, 2001 Hull #784
>