"JohnH" wrote in message
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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.

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John H.

Good lord! Nice friend!
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.
I doubt my 2003 outboard is worth near as much as yours. ;-)
At some point you might want to read your owners manual...section on winter
layup.

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? :)

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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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? :)

Naw..maybe a couple extra pushes on the electric start button and a bit of
smoke when it does fireup.
As for the Seagulls....they always spewed out blue smoke thanks to the 10:1
ratio.
I should clamp the 3 hp Seagull onto the Yukon transom next year just to see
if it still works. Haven't had it running in about 10 years.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:13:41 -0400, "Don White"
wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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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? :)

Naw..maybe a couple extra pushes on the electric start button and a bit of
smoke when it does fireup.
As for the Seagulls....they always spewed out blue smoke thanks to the 10:1
ratio.
I should clamp the 3 hp Seagull onto the Yukon transom next year just to see
if it still works. Haven't had it running in about 10 years.


You don't have to go to all that trouble. It works. I promise!

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:57:20 -0500, Gene
wrote:

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:34:32 GMT, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

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? :)

Yeah, but no mosquitoes for about a week.....

That would be from the oil slick covering the surface of the water.