On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:53:16 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


JohnH wrote:

Also, a good friend and auto mechanic suggested removing the plugs on the
outboard, spraying the cylinders with WD40, spinning the engine a couple
times, and then putting the plugs back in. Comments




Are you sure he's a good friend?

WD40 is a water displacer, not a long term lubricant or protector. Wrong
stuff for the application.
Learn about fogging oil and the process of using it.

Eisboch


I am. Thanks!
--
John H.

Gene wrote:

As for comments regarding fuel additives, here are some thoughts from
various sources that I put together a few weeks ago. Comments, errors,
deletions..... anyone?
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net...ce/gasohol.htm

And don't forget this one that was posted to this Newsgroup some 10
years ago by some schmuck:

http://brownsmarina.com/tech-rfgas.html


--
Regards,
Dave Brown
Brown's Marina Ltd
http://brownsmarina.com/

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:00:14 -0500, Boater
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:27:29 -0500, JohnH wrote:

for winterization. Any suggestions on best brands?

Startron.

Also, a good friend and auto mechanic suggested removing the plugs on the
outboard, spraying the cylinders with WD40, spinning the engine a couple
times, and then putting the plugs back in.

Comments

No WD40 - it's a solvent. For four strokes, fog the engine with
fogging oil.

Change the gear oil.

Or better yet, take it to your mechanic and have him/her do it.

Couple of hundred bucks and you don't have to worry about it.

Hey...do you read your damned email? Sent you an interesting list the
other day..

Sorry - must have missed it the first time.

Thanks for sending that along. Nothing I'm interested in though.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:15:41 -0400, "Don White"
wrote:

I used to put a bit of motor oil in the sparkplug holes of my old British
Seagulls...now, with my 25 hp 2stroke Johnson, I spray fogging oil into the
carburator until it stalls out and then take the sparkplugs out and spray
the fogging oil in the 2 cylinders.

Take you a couple of days of cranking to get the engine started in the
Spring? :)

"Boater" wrote in message
...
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:27:29 -0500, JohnH wrote:

for winterization. Any suggestions on best brands?
Also, a good friend and auto mechanic suggested removing the plugs on
the
outboard, spraying the cylinders with WD40, spinning the engine a couple
times, and then putting the plugs back in.
Comments

Yep, I think that is exactly what YOU should do.

Everyone else should use the proper fogging oil that actually sticks
to surfaces for more than a few hours, and does some good. WD40 will
actually dilute and wash off any crankcase oil that remains on
surfaces, so it's worse than doing nothing.



Bet you didn't know Herring was a highly trained and edumacated combat
injuneer, thanks to the US Army. He's one of the reasons why we got our
asses kicked in Vietnam.

You are sick. You know it was a Democrat President and Congress that called
the shots. And didn't Ladybird own a large part of Sealand and Bell
Helicopters?

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:09:56 -0500, Gene
wrote:

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:27:29 -0500, JohnH wrote:

for winterization. Any suggestions on best brands?

Also, a good friend and auto mechanic suggested removing the plugs on the
outboard, spraying the cylinders with WD40, spinning the engine a couple
times, and then putting the plugs back in.

Comments

A big *NO* on the WD40. It was never designed to be more than a Water
Dispersant, which is does well. It is not a lubricant, though it is
marketed as such. It is roughly 2/3 solvent and 1/5 oil.... the
remaining 2/15 is propellant and god-knows-what.... (Works pretty good
as a starting fluid, though!)
http://www.wd40company.com/files/pdf...d494716385.pdf

Use this or the like for fogging:
http://www.westmarine.com/1/1/9540-fogging-oil.html

As for comments regarding fuel additives, here are some thoughts from
various sources that I put together a few weeks ago. Comments, errors,
deletions..... anyone?
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net...ce/gasohol.htm

Thanks Gene. I appreciate the reply. I wouldn't have used the WD40, but I
was surprised that an auto mechanic would suggest it. But then again, auto
mechanics probably don't do a lot of outboard winterizations. My friend
doesn't own a boat.

BTW, good article on ethanol.

--
John H.

On Nov 16, 12:27*pm, JohnH wrote:


Also, a good friend and auto mechanic suggested removing the plugs on the
outboard, spraying the cylinders with WD40, spinning the engine a couple
times, and then putting the plugs back in.

Comments
--
John H.

Big giggle

Great friend!

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:38:57 -0800 (PST), JimH wrote:

On Nov 16, 12:27*pm, JohnH wrote:


Also, a good friend and auto mechanic suggested removing the plugs on the
outboard, spraying the cylinders with WD40, spinning the engine a couple
times, and then putting the plugs back in.

Comments
--
John H.

Big giggle

Great friend!

How's that little boy of yours doing? Getting any 'free' trips?

Maybe you shouldn't comment about the wives, kids, or friends of others.
--
John H.

JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:38:57 -0800 (PST), JimH wrote:

On Nov 16, 12:27 pm, JohnH wrote:

Also, a good friend and auto mechanic suggested removing the plugs on the
outboard, spraying the cylinders with WD40, spinning the engine a couple
times, and then putting the plugs back in.

Comments
--
John H.
Big giggle

Great friend!

How's that little boy of yours doing? Getting any 'free' trips?

Maybe you shouldn't comment about the wives, kids, or friends of others.
I don't think he will be doing that anymore. Give him a chance to play nice.

On Nov 16, 5:46*pm, Jim wrote:
JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:38:57 -0800 (PST), JimH wrote:

On Nov 16, 12:27 pm, JohnH wrote:

Also, a good friend and auto mechanic suggested removing the plugs on the
outboard, spraying the cylinders with WD40, spinning the engine a couple
times, and then putting the plugs back in.

Comments
--
John H.
Big giggle

Great friend!

How's that little boy of yours doing? Getting any 'free' trips?

Maybe you shouldn't comment about the wives, kids, or friends of others..

I don't think he will be doing that anymore. Give him a chance to play nice.

Still internet stalking me and my family Jim?