2020 230 winterization instructions?

[Nautiqueusername]

Winding down our first season with our beloved 230. Can anyone point me to winterization instructions? Will most likely be in cold storage over the winter. I have the 6.0. Thanks

[NautiqueJeff]

See page 41 of your engine owner's manual.

Also see page 10 of the technical information document for the engine drain locations and water flow diagrams.

[Nautiqueusername]

The manual is woefully inadequate and skips a ton of steps based on what my N dealer has advised. It mentions nothing about removing impellers or purging the engine with rv antifreeze

[NautiqueJeff]

I haven't used antifreeze in any of my engines during winterization for years. I just drain and put the plugs back in. Also, no reason to remove the impeller if you replace it every spring like you should.

[hal2814]

Removing the impeller is there. p.43 item 2.

[Nautiqueusername]

Sorry to be a pain but my manual doesn’t have that. Also the pages are chapter and page, not page numbered. Can someone attach photos of the manual instructions here? This is my manual.

https://nautique.blob.core.windows.n...ner-manual.pdf

[mooneywa]

I'm in North Texas and when I got my '20 230 it was November of last year. On delivery, we took it out for about 20 minutes, I got to see how awesome it would be in 6 months when I could actually use it, and then put it on the trailer to go to storage and winterized it at the ramp. The dealer pulled the three hoses, emptied the strainer, did a quick blip of the throttle to make sure all the water is out, and we were done. Dealer rep's comment: "these new engines are really going to cut into our business since they can be winterized so easily."

I wouldn't remove the impeller, mostly because I'll just have the dealer replace ti in the spring, but also because I like to keep the option of a Christmas boat ride if the weather cooperates.

Clearly MN has far more robust winters than we do in Texas. If it gets below the 20s here it's rare, so maybe there's more to be done, but I doubt it.