[C320-list] Water Pump Hose & Winterizing

[John Meyers]

I put in a T in the hose between the thru hull and the filter with a male
screw-in plug. To winterize I unscrew the plug and put in a male - male
adapter that I can attach a female hose end.  In the fall I attach a hose
that sucks two gallons of antifreeze from a bucket. After that is done I
take off the hose and adapter and screw in the plug with plumbers tape.

John Meyers
Wind Chime #406
Muskegon, MI


On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Martin Rosenberg <martinlrosenberg at gmail.com
> wrote:

>   I was inspecting my water hose that connects the thru-hull with the raw
> water filter. It was badly dried & cracked and will be replaced now. It is
> an extremely heavy hose with wire reinforcement. Is all that really
> necessary? Can I replace it with heavy duty clear, reinforced hose?
>   On my last boat, I would open the filter cover and pour anti-freeze into
> it while running the engine until the exhaust water ran pink. Since the raw
> water filter opens from the bottom, how do you run anti-freeze through the
> system?
>   Thanks.
> Martin Rosenberg
> Avalon  #823
>