Posts: 147
Location: Milwaukee, WI | Recently attended a local fishing club meeting & the guest speaker that evening is a mechanic at one of Milwaukee's larger boat dealers: MW Marine. He spoke for close to an hour about winterizing your boat.
He warned us that not all fogging oils are equal. There are some made with a kerosene base that will run-off over time. He stated the Merc fogging oil does not contain kerosene and it will cling to cylinder walls for a longer period.
Also, with increasing usage of Ethanol in gasolines everywhere, it becomes more important than ever to either: drain the fuel system of all gas, or add a stabilizer and run the outboard for a duration that gets stabilized fuel into all parts of the fuel system.
Also, DO NOT fog a 4-stroke motor through the intake ports! Fog them ONLY via the spark plug holes. (a lesson I learned the hard way!  ) |
