• Drainexhaustmanifoldsofrawwaterbyremoving½”NPTpipeplugs.
• Drainengineblockofrawwater(ifrawwatercooled).
• For5.7Lapplications:removeknocksensors/drainplugsfrombothsidesofthe
engineblock.
• For6.0Lapplications:removeelectricheater17mmAllenplugfromengineblock
rawwaterpumpside.Remove10mmAllenplugonstartersideofengineblock.
• For6.2Lapplications:removeelectricheater17mmAllenplugfromengineblock
rawwaterpumpside.Remove10mmAllenplugonstartersideofengineblock.
• Drainheatexchangersofrawwater.
• Opencooledsystemswillhaveanoil/transmissionheatexchanger.
•Remove1/8”NPTdrainplugandallowdraining.
• Closedcooledsystemswillhaveanoil/transmissionandengineheatexchanger.
•Remove1/8”NPTdrainplugandallowdraining.
• Reinstallexhaustheaderdrainplugs,engineblockdrainplugs,andheatexchangerend
caps/drainplugsafterallrawwaterhasbeendrained.Drainothercomponentsthat
containrawwater,suchasthewaterheater.
• Fillallcomponentsofrawwatersystemwithanon-toxic-50F.(-45C.),-60F.(-51C.)or
-100F.(-73C.)Marine/RVAntifreeze.Freezeprotectionlevelwilldependonclimate
location.Marine/RV Antifreeze will provide freeze protection to water pockets
that did not drain and necessary corrosion protection.
Approximatelysix(6)gal-
lonsofMarine/RVAntifreezewillbeneededforopencooledsystems.Approximately
three(3)gallonswillbeneededforclosedcooledsystems.Therearetwomethodsfor
fillingyourenginewithantifreeze;
• Open Cooled System
•Closethru-hullwaterpickupseacock.
•Fillengineblockandheadsfromthermostathousing.Removebothexhaust
headerfeedhoses.Lifteithertheportorstarboardhoseashighaspossibleand
filluntilfull.Theotherremovedhoseallowsairtopurge.
•Fillportandstarboardexhaustmanifoldsbyremovingthermostathoseends.
Lifthoseendashighaspossibleandfilluntilfull.
•Fillseastrainerifnotfull.
• Closed Cooled System
•Closethru-hullwaterpickupseacock.
•Fillrawwatercomponentsbyremovingbothone-inch(1”)hosesfromexhaust
downturnadapters.Lifteithertheportorstarboardhoseashighaspossibleand
filluntilfull.Thisshouldfilltherawwatersideoftheengineheatexchanger,
oil/transmissionheatexchanger,rawwaterpump,andseastrainer.Thesea
strainermayneedtobeopenedtopurgeair.
•Fillseastrainerifnotfullbyendofprocedure.
•Filldownturnexhaustadapterswith1/4to1/2gallonsofantifreeze.
•Reinstallhoses.
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