Winterization of a Westerbeke M-25 XP

[PDA1]

Can anyone provide me with the procedure for winterizing a Westerbeke M-25 XP engine?

 

[Maine Sail]

Can anyone provide me with the procedure for winterizing a Westerbeke M-25 XP engine?

*Warm engine to operating temp & run fresh water through it
*Change oil & filter
*Change fuel filters
*Bleed fuel system
*Check the engine AF freeze protection level
*Clean raw water intake strainer
*Disconnect raw water intake hose and lead it to a 5 gallon bucket
*Add enough antifreeze to the bucket so as not to change its rating as it comes out the exhaust end
*Turn on engine and suck AF through engine
*Drain water-lift muffler or disconnect exhaust hose from exhaust manifiold
*Spray any exposed metals with Boeshield or similar
*Remove impeller

 

[dlewis812]

how many of the above steps do you think the marina will do when leaving the winterizing up to them? (not really a question but realizing how little i'm sure they do)

 

[weinie]

Why drain the muffler if it has antifreeze in it?

 

[jimmcgee]

I usually change the oil and filters before I haul and I keep an eye on my antifreeze level throughout the season.

But I'm usually out of the water already when I winterize the engine. The seawater intake hose is too short to reach into the bilge on my boat, so what I do is pull the hose from the strainer, turn it upward, and fit a long funnel into it that will hold about a quart of pink anti-freeze. I fill the funnel, then have my wife start the engine. I keep the funnel topped off with anti freeze until I pull 2 gallons through the engine then signal her to cut it off. With the seacock closed I slip the hose back on.

I've never drained the waterlift muffler or removed the impeller, but then our winters aren't as cold as they are in Maine.

BTW, My 1995 XP25's fuel system is self bleeding, I don't know if all of them are.