I am new to sailing again, sat out twenty plus years. My reentry went from 14' daysailors in my youth to my
current affliction, (see signnature )
This fall I winterized my
Yanmar 8hp
single piston
diesel, and I am still doing some
head scratching.
Winterized it twice.
First time, ran PG pink through system from strainer before
engine till two gallons of pink came out the exiting thruhull.
Came to realize I did not run the
engine very long, and became afraid I may have left some
water in the block behind the thermostat.
Called a
Yanmar dealer, and he suggested I do it again with a warm engine or remove the thermostat.
Winterize X'2.
This is the first time this sailboat has seen sub freezing temps, as it was a
California boat before I imported her to Nebraska.
My question in this. Why the odd (odd to me) arrangement of mixing the
exhaust fumes with the discharge
water from the
cooling system, and just how much does it mix? I see the mixing
elbow, but there is another box under a aft
cabin berth I do not understand.