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Originally Posted by steplift20

I'm keeping my baby( wellcraft) down the shore and it will be harder to winterize her, I'm going to start her this weekend I'm going to fill up the fuel tank,stabilize the fuel and run her for about 15 minutes, every year I fog the engine but this year I don't going I will cause she will only be shut down for about 5 months, what do you guys think? Do you think I will have a issue come spring? Let me know thanks

I know everyone has their own way of winterizing their engines and getting their boat ready for a lengthy sleep. I fill my tank and put in the type or Stabil with the Ethanol treatment. Then I shut off the fuel and run my engine until she runs out of gas. That way there's no old gas in the carbs. I only spray fogging oil into the spark plug holes, then turn the engine over a few times to coat the cylinders. Never had any problems to speak of.

I bought an old 115 hp Mercury "Tower of Power" engine several years ago. It had not been run for almost 15 years, sitting outside on an uncovered derelict boat over the winters. I put in new spark plugs and new gas. Sprayed a little ether into the spark plug holes and cranked her over. Amazingly it started up with a little coaxing, ran rough for a few minutes and then settled down into a nice smooth purr. I used that engine for 2 years and then sold her for more than I paid for her in the first place. To the best of my knowledge that engine had never been fogged. So, while I know that fogging is good practice, and it's purpose is to coat metal so it won't rust, I wonder how much is hype to sell fogging products and how much is really necessary.