warm afternoon winter rides? re-winterize?

[Water Rider]

Anyone have any solutions on how to quickly add antifreeze into a C180 after riding it on a warm winter day? I was thinking about winterizing my C180 today but we are still going to get a few more warm 70ish days that i will want to go ride around the lake with my family.

I am not planning on changing the oil and greasing everything again but it freezes here so some antifreeze is needed. Is there a hose that I can stick a T-fitting on that i can just dump antifeeze in after each ride?

any thoughts/ideas are much appreciated

 

[kustomkarl]

You could do that, just be sure you use eco-friendly anti freeze so as not to contaminate the water or ground.

Karl

 

[seadoo_mike]

I was wondering the same thing, I would assume that you could add a few gallons of propelyene antifreeze into a bucket and push it in with a submersible pump while running the engine, much like you do when you flush your exhaust by using the flush fitting on the pump, I would think that should get into all the areas needed to keep from freezing, unless anyone out there disagrees

 

[kustomkarl]

That will do the trick. Just don't run it for longer than a couple minutes as the jet pump bearings and seals will get hot out of the water and the interloping plates that cool the engine aren't being cooled either. Have a helper to make it go smoothly.

Karl