Craftsman Marine CM4.65, Manual

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8 Maintenance and inspection
Always verify the level of the cooling fluid when the
engine is cold. Open the filler cap on the expansion tank
(if fitted) or else the filler cap on top of the housing of
the heat exchanger and make sure that the coolant is
level is about 1 cm below the bottom of the filler pipe.
If so required, top up with fresh cooling liquid (see page
43).
Remove the hose from the heat exchanger (fig. 1) to
drain the heat exchanger and open the drain cock (fig.
2) to drain the engine block (see page 13 for valve
positions). Remove the filler cap from the expansion
tank (and/or the heat exchanger housing), in order to
quickly drain the liquid from the internal cooling circuit
and to make sure that all of the liquid has been
discharged from the engine.
After draining reconnect the hose but leave the drain
cock opened. The inner cooling circuit is filled through
the filler cap on top of the heat exchanger housing or, as
the case may be, of the expansion tank.
Fill the system with a mixture of 40% of anti-freeze and
60% of clean tap water.
You may also use ready-made cooling liquid; see page
43 for the relevant specifications of the recommended
coolant.
Check-up of coolant level
Replace cooling liquid
Top up to a level of about 1 cm below the bottom of the
filler pipe. After the engine being commissioned for the
first time, i.e. has warmed-up and cooled down
completely thereafter, check again the coolant level and
top up if necessary.
After filling the engine with fresh coolant, put the filler
cap back in place and close the drain cock (fig. 2) in the
engine block.
Never add sea (or salt) water into the inner cooling
circuit!
1. 2.
Open the filler cap on top of the heat
exchanger housing only when the
engine is cold.