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| I plan on winterizing my motor before I store it for the winter, however the question I have is if I have to worry about anything freezing up in my garage between late fall excursions to my favorite lakes?
Bottom line: Is my motor safe in my garage in below freezing temps after I hit the lake a few times in the fall?
Thanks
Matt Beulke
www.muskienut.com [:bigsmile:] |
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| When its real cold like 32 or colder and you still want to get out a few times more, I recommend just making sure everything is drained at the landing. Drop the lower unit and let it drain out real good, Pull your plug on your boat or that will ice up too if there is some water in your transom.
Watch your bunks on your trailer.. they will ice up too.. Make sure you spray them with silcone spray or your boat will freeze to your bunks.
Do that and everything should be fine, but you will have to winterize the last time out.
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| When putting your boat back on the trailer at the end of the day, use your trim/tilt switch to lower the motor all the way down,while strapping the boat down. This lets all the water drain from the lower unit, so it won't freeze up and break the lower unit seal. Also when you get back to the garage drop the motor down again and leave it down, this will make sure that there is no water in the lower unit. If you plan to fish again in the next week there shouldn't be a need to run the carburator dry of gas. This is all I do at this time of year and I never have any problems. Of course at the end of the season I take the boat in and have it winterised before putting it away. |
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| One extra step that I take during cold weather is to start the motor for a short burst after I`ve lowered it to force water out of the impeller. If water freezes in the impeller, it can damage the impeller which in turn can damage the water pump.
Beav |
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| Every thing listed is great except I don't recommend starting any motor up out of the water for just short spirts, can cause water pump problems, the motor is design to release water when motor is turned of and lowered at the landing. Couple more things I have found to work great when winterizing my boat at the last time out is fogging the motor with a can of fog from Mercury and also A very Important thing to do before storing you boat for the winter!!! New or Used Boats Drain The Lower Unit and Put New Lower Unit Oil in. Just incase you might have a broken seal and don't know about it or if water found it's way into the lower unit you will find it before the cold hits not in the spring when you have a broken or cracked lower unit. Note this should be done Twice a year if you run hard. Hope this Helps[:)] |
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| I stand corrected. I just checked with a local dealer and he said that any motor made after 1980 or so will drain all water simply be lowering the motor. Now I`ll go back and edit my other post. |
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