So how many cracked engine blocks are their going to be in Texas...

['63GENIII]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Been nervous about my boat, but we ran 3 gallons of the -50 pink rv antifreeze through it before we put it up. Should be ok, but we'll see.

Even though it never gets cold enough here to crack a block, every year when we return from the last lake trip, all of the plugs come out of the block and drive. I fill it with the same pink RV / Toilet antifreeze. Doesn't hurt the lake and helps lube the impeller for the first start of the next season.

Had a boss that didn't believe in pulling the plugs at the end of the season. Had the boat in a heated garage at their summer place. One year they lost power during a freeze and didn't find out until the first lake trip the next season that not only did the block crack but so did the ex manifolds and the V drive case. Ruined an otherwise good vacation and cost 10k to fix. That was 20+ years ago. Cant imagine what that would cost now.


Back to Texas. I'd be worried about all of the iron out there on job sites, farms ect. Tractors, excavators, graders and the like. Hope the damage is minimal if any for all of you.

[Indian113]

I would be more worried about Busted or Cracked windshields! My cousins from Waco showed me one year how they would defrost their windshield by throwing Hot Water on it when it was frosted over in the morning. Can't imagine how many of them didn't scrape their windows with Ice on them.

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by Indian113

I would be more worried about Busted or Cracked windshields! My cousins from Waco showed me one year how they would defrost their windshield by throwing Hot Water on it when it was frosted over in the morning. Can't imagine how many of them didn't scrape their windows with Ice on them.

Don't they know about the "Defrost" position on the HVAC controls ???

(though you do want to start the defroster right after you start the engine and let it warm up gradually )

[Low Elco]

Originally Posted by '63GENIII

Even though it never gets cold enough here to crack a block, every year when we return from the last lake trip, all of the plugs come out of the block and drive. I fill it with the same pink RV / Toilet antifreeze. Doesn't hurt the lake and helps lube the impeller for the first start of the next season.

Had a boss that didn't believe in pulling the plugs at the end of the season. Had the boat in a heated garage at their summer place. One year they lost power during a freeze and didn't find out until the first lake trip the next season that not only did the block crack but so did the ex manifolds and the V drive case. Ruined an otherwise good vacation and cost 10k to fix. That was 20+ years ago. Cant imagine what that would cost now.


Back to Texas. I'd be worried about all of the iron out there on job sites, farms ect. Tractors, excavators, graders and the like. Hope the damage is minimal if any for all of you.

Appreciate it, don't know much about it yet. Been having 1 day tolerable gaps in the weather this year since I bought it and it ain't the only thing I got going on. My brother said that's what he did with his and he didn't have any trouble.