Winterizing

It's just putting protective lubrication in...I use seafoam....poured in through the carb.
Seafaom...will work as a gas stablizer and oil treatment too...great stuff!

I use Sta-Bil. It works fine for the gas.

I would say seafoam is a valve and piston cleaner. I wouldn't use it to keep parts oiled, it would seem to wash off what oil is there. Any way, I don't fog, just every once in a while during the winter, I'll crank the motor a couple of revolutions, just to lube everything and yes the belts are off.

usually you don't have to remove the belts. But in this case since he doesn't fogg, which I wouldn't recommend not doing, he removes the belts so that he can crank it over with out the antifreeze being pumped out. You really only have to remove the belt from the raw water pump and the thermo stat. If the circulation pump spins all it's going to do is move it around in the block. The extra water pressure from the RWP and a closed thermostat is what pushs the water to the exhaust manifolds. And really you don't even have to remove the belt from the RWP since you should remove the impeller for winter storage but since it's off no need to put it back just to take it back off come spring when you replace the impeller.

After reading the above post.... MAN, AM I GLAD I AM IN FLORIDA!!! YAY lol

I know this may be over the top and too much rigging for some, but I like to use my boats all year around in South Carolina. I run a drop cord to my boats with two 60W light bulbs mounted under the engine cover. The bulbs are mounted in a clamp type fixture w/ a protective bezzle to keep them from touching anything in the engine compartment. I also purchased a digital outdoor temp. sensor unit from Best Buy and leave it in the engine compartment during the winter. I can sit at my desk and monitor what the temp is inside the boat. Last year when the outdoor temp dipped to 17 degrees the engine was a toasty 48 degrees.

Only negative is power loss. I have not had to fire up the generator yet, but I know I will one of these years.

Happy Boating All Year Around !!!

I have draincocks on block, exhaust, & trans cooler, and have used the drop light deal sometimes.

I agree with Tim. If the boat is in warmer climates BUT is not going to be used during the winter then the antifreeze is more for rust/scale protection than freeze protection.

If the block is full of water, then the scale is usually not much of an issue. It is when the water is drained and cast iron is allowed to oxidize more deeply since it is exposed to more oxygen.

I could be all wet on this, just what I believe and see from year to year.