Definitely I would say common sense would tell you that winterizing would prolong the life of any motor being stored.

I just bought a new little fishing boat and am trying to learn the ropes on proper maintainance myself. The motor is just a little 4 stroke 8 horsepower outboard, but carry's a pretty hefty price tag new. I want to make sure I take care of it.
I just made an engine stand for it using my old automotive engine stand. I just screwed some 2x6's on and made a nice flat mounting surface....works pretty good. The motor is new and has only been run a few times. I hadn't started it though for about 2-3 months or so after buying it. It didn't seem to start right away... I pulled and pulled and nothing. I then waited about 5 minutes, and tried again...this time I could hear it try to start and after like 5 -10 pulls it started (using the choke and had primed the fuel with ball of course initially). After I ran it and turned it off, it started on 1 pull with no hesitation at all. I guess with these motors you have to start them regularly. I think it was dry initially with no fuel in the line or float.

In any case I was told the best way is to start it every couple months throughout the year. My question is, if I do that should I remove the gas line between starting times so the carb runs dry? Or should I leave fuel in the carb and fuel line between 2 month starts? In addition, is there anything else I should do? I heard some say to run some antifreeze through. Might be a good Idea to pour some into the garbage can when I run it. This way it cycles the antifreeze through the output hole.... Then the fogger spray I've also heard about? What is this stuff? Any advice would be appreciated .