2006-09-24 03:22:08 · 3 answers · asked by Ed S 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
I've got a boat and two jet skis. I'd encourage you to just pay to have someone do it. This isn't something you want to screw up. We tried to do this ourselves the first year we had our boats and it turned out (at least for our boats) to be amazingly complex, we wasted a half a day and still had to call someone. Then I paid a guy a $100 to winterize all three. It was well worth it.
2006-09-24 03:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by Poppies_rule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True boat winterization entails much more than just draining the water. Boat Winterization includes refilling the engine with propylene glycol to inhibit corrosion, fogging the engine, draining the sterndrive, stabilizing the fuel system, etc. To make sure the sterndrive drains, Mercury recommends using a piece of wire to clear any unwanted debris from several different drain holes located on the sterndrive. These include the speedometer “pitot” tube, trim cavity vent hole, trim cavity drain, gear housing water drain, gear housing cavity vent, and the gear housing water drain holes.
I suggest getting a bid from a local service center. If you don't do it correctly, you will have a mess.
2006-09-24 10:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by rrrevils 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go buy some Stabil(sp) at a parts store or a boat shop and run it through the engine.
2006-09-24 10:28:27 · answer #3 · answered by unicornfarie1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋