On 11 Nov 2004 11:52:51 -0800, (Matt Lang) wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:22:10 -0500, "Matt"
wrote:

I am winterizing my boat (94 chaparral 350MAG 5.7L) for the first time
myself. I have a few specific questions regarding the fogging. How long
should i be spraying the fogging can into the Carb before it stalls out? I
haven't found any specific ariticles or guides on details of fogging. Also
is there any tips/pointers for doing this that i should be aware of, due to
the fact its my first time?

Keep spraying into the carb until you get heavy exhaust smoke, then
shut it down.

OT:

What are the opinions on doing this to a vehicle? I need to uninsure
my 4x4 over the winter and was wondering if it would be good or bad to
fog ithe motor. I am thinking it would destroy the cat. We are
talking about a Toyota 3l V6 EFI

Cars are a little different than two cycle lawn tools or lawn mowers.

Oiling down the cylinders, Sta-bil in the gas and it should be fine.

Live long and prosper,

Tom

My father-in-law, (now 79 years old) was an old school mechanic. For
years he "pickled" the Chrysler 318 engines in his old Uniflite by
running the engines while very slowly pouring about half a quart of
regular 30 weight engine oil into the carburetor. He would add the oil
very slowly until the exhaust was really smoking and then kill the ignition.

He also did this on car engines that were not going to be used for an
extended period of time.

I think I've told this story before, but the year I was discharged from
the Navy, he roped me into helping him get the boat ready for the
upcoming season. His boat was stored outside at a crowded marina, and
had several boats right around his, including a wooden one with it's bow
about 2 feet from my father-in-law's stern.

We spent the day cleaning and painting the bottom. The owner of the wood
boat behind us was busy painting the hull on his boat a nice bright
white. He finished up, waved goodbye to us and left.

My father-in-law decided it was time to see if the engines would fire
up. They did. He was in the cabin revving them up when I happened to
look towards the stern. You know the rest. It blew all the oil used to
pickle the engines all over the freshly painted hull of boat behind us.

We launched the next day and he moved to a new marina.

Eisboch

Excellent story ... but yeah, every spring I start the boat up in the
laneway, and every spring I'm thinking ... geez I hope that's just the
fogging oil spattering all over ... and not the result of a seized/broken
ring :-)

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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My father-in-law, (now 79 years old) was an old school mechanic. For
years he "pickled" the Chrysler 318 engines in his old Uniflite by
running the engines while very slowly pouring about half a quart of
regular 30 weight engine oil into the carburetor. He would add the oil
very slowly until the exhaust was really smoking and then kill the
ignition.

He also did this on car engines that were not going to be used for an
extended period of time.

I think I've told this story before, but the year I was discharged from
the Navy, he roped me into helping him get the boat ready for the
upcoming season. His boat was stored outside at a crowded marina, and
had several boats right around his, including a wooden one with it's bow
about 2 feet from my father-in-law's stern.

We spent the day cleaning and painting the bottom. The owner of the wood
boat behind us was busy painting the hull on his boat a nice bright
white. He finished up, waved goodbye to us and left.

My father-in-law decided it was time to see if the engines would fire
up. They did. He was in the cabin revving them up when I happened to
look towards the stern. You know the rest. It blew all the oil used to
pickle the engines all over the freshly painted hull of boat behind us.

We launched the next day and he moved to a new marina.

Eisboch