Winterizing your outboard step by step.

[Lee Borgersen]

This may be helpful

http://www.chitown-angler.com/art05/oct/winout.html

[UncleDave]

Great info for newer boat owners.   ::

[Airjer]

I prefer to use Seafoam to stabalize the fuel. I have used this product for many years and have solved numerous issues with it. It is an excellent stabilizer and you get the upper end decarbonizing when you run it in the spring.

Its also a great time of year to repack those bearings on the trailer. I typically do mine in the fall so that all the moisture is removed before the freeze and its ready to roll in the spring. I put my boat in the water more times this year than years past and was pretty surprised to find little water contamination.

I know some of you are going to chime in about the bearing buddy. These are great maintenance tools but are no substitute for cleaning and repacking. You would probably be pretty surprised to find out that most of the trailer bearing failures we see at work usually have a bearing buddy installed and typically its the inner bearing that has failed.

A couple of minutes of maintenance in the fall could save you hours!!

[Randy Kaar]

yes airjer, agree on the bearing buddys. you
still have to pull the hubs off and inspect them
bearings!  nothing worse to ruin a weekend
then sitting on the side of the road with a
toasted bearing..

randy aka bh