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NightMoves
#1 Posted : Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:26:02 PM(UTC)
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I drained the block and tried to fill with antifreeze but it would not pump . Puled thermastat and could only pour a quart in what is the problem. usually i just pour in strainer and motor pumps it through. Did not overheat on trip to ramp which is a 10 mile trip.????????

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#2 Posted : Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:50:07 PM(UTC)
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Pull the t-stat FIRST, then it will suck the Pink Stuff in from the strainer.

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#3 Posted : Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:30:16 AM(UTC)
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forgot to mention that i pulled the t-stat

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#4 Posted : Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:48:33 AM(UTC)
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With the t-stat out and the housing bolted back in place, I disconnect the intake hose from the strainer and elevate it above the level of the raw water pump. I use a funnel and fill the intake hose to prime the pump then crank the engine. I use a remote starter switch to start the motor and then turn off the battery switch to stop it when it has taken enough antifreeze.
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#7 Posted : Wednesday, November 17, 2010 4:54:40 AM(UTC)
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Normally, I have the "Admiral" start the motors, then shuffle back and forth--looking for the Pink Stuff to come out the exhaust--before dashing to the helm and turning them off. I, meanwhile, keep dumping the AF into the open strainer (sea cock shut off!). This time, however, it rained all damn day long! No let up, for criminy sake! So I just dumped in 4 gallons, knowing that would be enough.

And it was no fun transporting batteries and stuff through the puddles in the rain to the trunk! We were whipped for the next day at least.

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#8 Posted : Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:03:24 PM(UTC)
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still can not get the pump to pump the antifreez, could it be that the pump went bad?? could it be an air lock?? Is there any draincocks besides the sides of the block and the manifoldes??

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#9 Posted : Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:19:48 PM(UTC)
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Better pull that pump apart and see what's going on inside it. Strange that it was working before.....

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#10 Posted : Thursday, November 25, 2010 1:49:30 AM(UTC)
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Just a thought. Are you sure you connected the hoses to the pump correctly? if you hook them up backwards the pump won't pull. Been there Done that before.
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#5 Posted : Tuesday, December 07, 2010 7:59:26 AM(UTC)
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Pfhlaw wrote:
With the t-stat out and the housing bolted back in place, I disconnect the intake hose from the strainer and elevate it above the level of the raw water pump. I use a funnel and fill the intake hose to prime the pump then crank the engine. I use a remote starter switch to start the motor and then turn off the battery switch to stop it when it has taken enough antifreeze.


d'oh! Thought that was a no no Eh? wouldn't that be bad for your alternator and regulator??


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#11 Posted : Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:19:03 AM(UTC)
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Correct. It can blow the diodes. I use the "Admiral" to switch off.

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#12 Posted : Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:41:57 PM(UTC)
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still can not get it to pump so i took hoses off and poured till no more antifreze would go about 3 gallons i did drain the water out first
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#13 Posted : Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:01:45 PM(UTC)
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This happened to me, turned out the pump was on upside down even though it was "reversible", but it doesn't sound like you took yours off. You might want to take the pump off, spin the pulley, look down the port to see if the impeller's spinning.
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#6 Posted : Wednesday, December 08, 2010 10:19:44 AM(UTC)
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tundrarules wrote:

d'oh! Though that was a no no Eh? wouldn't that be bad for your alternator and regulator??




OOPS! Yes it would but not on my boat. I have a combiner that automatically combines the output from both alternators and divides the amps between both starting batteries and the house bank. My alternator output does not go through my battery switches.

Sorry if I caused anyone to blow an alternator.
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