On 9/17/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:
Watch too early for winterizing.
I'll wait until late October or early November just in case a nice mild day blows up from down south.
We've just gone from a crappy damp windy two week period but expect this week to be sunny and mild.
Trouble is, the tide cycle is against me for launching and retrieving at most ramps.
Guess I'll go to a lake today or tomorrow.


What's to winterize Donnie? Put the leg down and throw a tarp over the
boat. You're done.

On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:11:20 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 9/17/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:
Watch too early for winterizing.
I'll wait until late October or early November just in case a nice mild day blows up from down south.
We've just gone from a crappy damp windy two week period but expect this week to be sunny and mild.
Trouble is, the tide cycle is against me for launching and retrieving at most ramps.
Guess I'll go to a lake today or tomorrow.


What's to winterize Donnie? Put the leg down and throw a tarp over the
boat. You're done.

===

That's the nice thing about outboards.

On 9/17/13 8:58 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:11:20 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 9/17/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:
Watch too early for winterizing.
I'll wait until late October or early November just in case a nice mild day blows up from down south.
We've just gone from a crappy damp windy two week period but expect this week to be sunny and mild.
Trouble is, the tide cycle is against me for launching and retrieving at most ramps.
Guess I'll go to a lake today or tomorrow.


What's to winterize Donnie? Put the leg down and throw a tarp over the
boat. You're done.

===

That's the nice thing about outboards.


Really? That's the kind of foolish advice that results in heavy duty
repair bills. It's too bad that "Hank" seems incapable of responding
reasonably to *any* kind of post, and seems unable to resist blowing
snot even on boating posts.

Winterizing an outboard that you plan to keep for a long time requires
more than keeping the lower unit down and tossing a tarp over the boat.

At the very minimum, you should:

Wash the engine's exterior to remove any salt, stains, whatever, and
retouch paint.

Run fuel stabilizer into the fuel tank and run the engine at idle for 10
or 15 minutes to push the stabilizer into the engine.

Spray fogging oil into the air intake if you can until the engine smokes
at idle.

Remove the spark plugs and spray fogging oil into the cylinders and then
if you can turn the start key with the dead man's switch removed.

Replace the engine oil, oil filter, and lower unit gear oil.

Grease the fittings, if any.

On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:25:40 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Winterizing an outboard that you plan to keep for a long time requires
more than keeping the lower unit down and tossing a tarp over the boat.

At the very minimum, you should:

Wash the engine's exterior to remove any salt, stains, whatever, and
retouch paint.

Run fuel stabilizer into the fuel tank and run the engine at idle for 10
or 15 minutes to push the stabilizer into the engine.

Spray fogging oil into the air intake if you can until the engine smokes
at idle.

Remove the spark plugs and spray fogging oil into the cylinders and then
if you can turn the start key with the dead man's switch removed.

Replace the engine oil, oil filter, and lower unit gear oil.

Grease the fittings, if any.

===

Those are all good maintenance practices but really don't have
anything to do with winter. Hank's point, which I agreed with, is
that outboards don't require any special precautions for freezing
weather.

In article , says...

On 9/17/13 8:58 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:11:20 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 9/17/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:
Watch too early for winterizing.
I'll wait until late October or early November just in case a nice mild day blows up from down south.
We've just gone from a crappy damp windy two week period but expect this week to be sunny and mild.
Trouble is, the tide cycle is against me for launching and retrieving at most ramps.
Guess I'll go to a lake today or tomorrow.


What's to winterize Donnie? Put the leg down and throw a tarp over the
boat. You're done.

===

That's the nice thing about outboards.


Really? That's the kind of foolish advice that results in heavy duty
repair bills. It's too bad that "Hank" seems incapable of responding
reasonably to *any* kind of post, and seems unable to resist blowing
snot even on boating posts.

Winterizing an outboard that you plan to keep for a long time requires
more than keeping the lower unit down and tossing a tarp over the boat.

At the very minimum, you should:

Wash the engine's exterior to remove any salt, stains, whatever, and
retouch paint.

Run fuel stabilizer into the fuel tank and run the engine at idle for 10
or 15 minutes to push the stabilizer into the engine.

Spray fogging oil into the air intake if you can until the engine smokes
at idle.

Remove the spark plugs and spray fogging oil into the cylinders and then
if you can turn the start key with the dead man's switch removed.

Replace the engine oil, oil filter, and lower unit gear oil.

Grease the fittings, if any.

We had an 85 horse Johnson that lived its entire life outside and received maintenance
rarely. After 20 years it was still running.

On 9/25/2013 6:38 PM, BAR wrote:
In article , says...



Really? That's the kind of foolish advice that results in heavy duty
repair bills. It's too bad that "Hank" seems incapable of responding
reasonably to *any* kind of post, and seems unable to resist blowing
snot even on boating posts.


As you blow snot all over a boat post....

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:11:20 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 9/17/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:
Watch too early for winterizing.
I'll wait until late October or early November just in case a nice
mild day blows up from down south.
We've just gone from a crappy damp windy two week period but expect
this week to be sunny and mild.
Trouble is, the tide cycle is against me for launching and
retrieving at most ramps.
Guess I'll go to a lake today or tomorrow.


What's to winterize Donnie? Put the leg down and throw a tarp over
the
boat. You're done.

===

That's the nice thing about outboards.

-----------------------

Cover the prop area with a tarp also to prevent rain and snow from
entering the exhaust channels and freezing.
Don't ask how I learned this.

On 9/17/2013 9:30 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:11:20 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 9/17/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:
Watch too early for winterizing.
I'll wait until late October or early November just in case a nice
mild day blows up from down south.
We've just gone from a crappy damp windy two week period but expect
this week to be sunny and mild.
Trouble is, the tide cycle is against me for launching and retrieving
at most ramps.
Guess I'll go to a lake today or tomorrow.


What's to winterize Donnie? Put the leg down and throw a tarp over the
boat. You're done.

===

That's the nice thing about outboards.

-----------------------

Cover the prop area with a tarp also to prevent rain and snow from
entering the exhaust channels and freezing.
Don't ask how I learned this.


That's why you lower the leg.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:11:20 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 9/17/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:
Watch too early for winterizing.
I'll wait until late October or early November just in case a nice mild
day blows up from down south.
We've just gone from a crappy damp windy two week period but expect
this week to be sunny and mild.
Trouble is, the tide cycle is against me for launching and retrieving at most ramps.
Guess I'll go to a lake today or tomorrow.


What's to winterize Donnie? Put the leg down and throw a tarp over the
boat. You're done.

===

That's the nice thing about outboards.

Should probably fog the engine also with the low usage.

"Califbill" wrote in message
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:11:20 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 9/17/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:
Watch too early for winterizing.
I'll wait until late October or early November just in case a nice
mild
day blows up from down south.
We've just gone from a crappy damp windy two week period but
expect
this week to be sunny and mild.
Trouble is, the tide cycle is against me for launching and
retrieving at most ramps.
Guess I'll go to a lake today or tomorrow.


What's to winterize Donnie? Put the leg down and throw a tarp over
the
boat. You're done.

===

That's the nice thing about outboards.

Should probably fog the engine also with the low usage.

---------------------------

Old school mechanics used to "pickle" 4 stroke inboards for the
winter. Nothing fancy like "fogging oil". My father-in-law used to
pickle the engines in his old Uniflite by starting them up and slowly
pouring regular motor oil into the carbs until the engines died due
to lack of air. Half a quart of oil per engine was all it took. He
religiously did this every fall for over 20 years.