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Buzzorouter posted 12-20-2004 11:29 AM ET (US)
Whalers in the side yard after recent motor service and winterizing. Always a little dpressing to see it there, but over all it was a good season. I noticed while installing the cover the technician that did the service left a tag on the boat that says "Winterized do not use until DeWinterization". To tell you the truth this is the first time I have heard this term. What do you do to Dewinterize? I usually just start it up and smoke out the neighbors. They changed the lower case oil and vacuum checked it, put in new plugs etc. What else should be done?
Buckda posted 12-20-2004 12:29 PM ET (US)
Probably nothing, but call your marina to find out.
That tag is used for two purposes at my marina.
The first is to simply signal the staff that the motor has been winterized, and make it easy for them to determine that -and move on to the next boat. With a lot of customers in the fall asking for services, and a lot of boats in the yard, it just makes it easier for the staff as they're shuffling boats into and out of the service bay.
The other is in regards to Inboards/ I/O boats - these motors are winterized with RV antifreeze in the water jacket....it's important to drain and dispose of this antifreeze properly in the spring for environmental reasons. Also, some marina's leave cooling plugs OUT when they drain the system....these plugs need to be reinstalled in the spring to ensure that the cooling system works properly.
Obviously this does not apply to Outboard motors.
If they just fogged the carbs, changed the lower unit lube and changed the sparkplugs, you're good to go in the spring by just firing her up....but again, check with them to see what they did.
Dave

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Author	Topic: DE-Winterizing
Buzzorouter	posted 12-20-2004 11:29 AM ET (US) Whalers in the side yard after recent motor service and winterizing. Always a little dpressing to see it there, but over all it was a good season. I noticed while installing the cover the technician that did the service left a tag on the boat that says "Winterized do not use until DeWinterization". To tell you the truth this is the first time I have heard this term. What do you do to Dewinterize? I usually just start it up and smoke out the neighbors. They changed the lower case oil and vacuum checked it, put in new plugs etc. What else should be done?
Buckda	posted 12-20-2004 12:29 PM ET (US) Probably nothing, but call your marina to find out. That tag is used for two purposes at my marina. The first is to simply signal the staff that the motor has been winterized, and make it easy for them to determine that -and move on to the next boat. With a lot of customers in the fall asking for services, and a lot of boats in the yard, it just makes it easier for the staff as they're shuffling boats into and out of the service bay. The other is in regards to Inboards/ I/O boats - these motors are winterized with RV antifreeze in the water jacket....it's important to drain and dispose of this antifreeze properly in the spring for environmental reasons. Also, some marina's leave cooling plugs OUT when they drain the system....these plugs need to be reinstalled in the spring to ensure that the cooling system works properly. Obviously this does not apply to Outboard motors. If they just fogged the carbs, changed the lower unit lube and changed the sparkplugs, you're good to go in the spring by just firing her up....but again, check with them to see what they did. Dave