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Hi all,
I have a question that I would like answered once and for all. If you store your boat in a temp. controlled garage, do you still need to winterize it? I had this discussion with a few people at work today. I told them "no". I may be wrong, but if you go out during the winter say once a week and turn the engines over for 20-30 minutes you shouldn't have a problem...right? Ok, thats it. Now to see if I guessed right...LOL. Thanks again.
I have a question that I would like answered once and for all. If you store your boat in a temp. controlled garage, do you still need to winterize it? I had this discussion with a few people at work today. I told them "no". I may be wrong, but if you go out during the winter say once a week and turn the engines over for 20-30 minutes you shouldn't have a problem...right? Ok, thats it. Now to see if I guessed right...LOL. Thanks again.
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Mine sits in my garage all winter. The gargage is kept at 45*. It is not winterized and has not been started or turned over since last October. It does have stabil in the fuel. I have done it this way for several years. I do drain out the majority of water.
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You still have to stabilize the fuel and you should still fog the engines.
If you want to play Russian Roulette with your power company keeping the heat on so you can save 45 minutes flushing the cooling system with antifreeze, that's up to you.
If you want to play Russian Roulette with your power company keeping the heat on so you can save 45 minutes flushing the cooling system with antifreeze, that's up to you.
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than water so after the boat is sitting all winter I feel when you first start it up in the spring it's easier on your sea-water impeller.
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Based on that we should turn off the water and drain the pipes in our house everytime we leave in case the heat goes out.