12-31-2006, 12:14 PM
this one is simple,
to winterize a motor includes drainging the fluids from the lower units. this gits rid of the water that has seeped in during the summer. on the way out the gear lube coats every thing. Leaving the fluid in can cause freeze up and split the lower unit.
running fuel with a stabelizer befor the end of winter will help keep the injectors from gumming up over winter. that is especialy important now-a-days because of the fuel mixures we are using which are water base, (alchol)
removing and spraying inside the cylenders with wd 40 then cranking a couple times coats the cylender walls and rings.
doing the aboved mentioned actualy puts the moving parts back in to a state of factory packing. it keeps water condensation from building on the rings and rusting, it keeps the aluminum from oxidizing.
Berrings are packed in thithium there for they are safe and dont realy touch each other.
the one part that is most volnerable is your water pump. it is made of rubber and goes though dramatic changes and many conditions even sucking up sand, it freezes, it gets heated up, it seldom gets a drop of lubricant. and it is not easy to get cilicone up in there to coat in the winter.
now for the battery,
the absolute worst thing you can do is set one on a cement floor. dosnt matter where it is, in the house the garage. a concrete floor will kill your battery. if you must set it on the floor set it on a peice of wood, any kind, ply wood any thing, just get it up off the floor.
being you are using a deep cell battery, it doesnt hurt to be run dead once in a while, a regular battery if you run it dead will drasticaly shorten the life of your battery.
so not charging it all winter even if left out in the garage in the dead cold will not hurt the bettery. thow the charger on it and it will take the load, just use slow charg.
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to winterize a motor includes drainging the fluids from the lower units. this gits rid of the water that has seeped in during the summer. on the way out the gear lube coats every thing. Leaving the fluid in can cause freeze up and split the lower unit.
running fuel with a stabelizer befor the end of winter will help keep the injectors from gumming up over winter. that is especialy important now-a-days because of the fuel mixures we are using which are water base, (alchol)
removing and spraying inside the cylenders with wd 40 then cranking a couple times coats the cylender walls and rings.
doing the aboved mentioned actualy puts the moving parts back in to a state of factory packing. it keeps water condensation from building on the rings and rusting, it keeps the aluminum from oxidizing.
Berrings are packed in thithium there for they are safe and dont realy touch each other.
the one part that is most volnerable is your water pump. it is made of rubber and goes though dramatic changes and many conditions even sucking up sand, it freezes, it gets heated up, it seldom gets a drop of lubricant. and it is not easy to get cilicone up in there to coat in the winter.
now for the battery,
the absolute worst thing you can do is set one on a cement floor. dosnt matter where it is, in the house the garage. a concrete floor will kill your battery. if you must set it on the floor set it on a peice of wood, any kind, ply wood any thing, just get it up off the floor.
being you are using a deep cell battery, it doesnt hurt to be run dead once in a while, a regular battery if you run it dead will drasticaly shorten the life of your battery.
so not charging it all winter even if left out in the garage in the dead cold will not hurt the bettery. thow the charger on it and it will take the load, just use slow charg.
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