Posted by TransFueler on 11/26/17 - 5:07 PM
#4
Phil T wrote:
First off, explain what you did to prep the engine and fuel for storage.
Well, I backed the boat into our barn. I've never really thought that a couple months required "winterization" or prep.
We've got a diesel trawler that sometimes doesn't get run for a few months, and cranks right up. Got a Wooldridge jet sled with a Suzuki outboard that sits most of the winter and fires right up as well, though I try to remember to toss some Stabil in it's tank.
With three boats, two motorcycles & eight cars, plus a tractor, couple of mowers, golf cart, it's a lot to keep track of!
Admittedly, I'm a hack mechanic...
I'm pretty good at rebuilding & tuning old British engines (MG & Triumph) I can set up SU carbs, and occasionally get a Weber right... I can rebuild a two stroke motorcycle engine, no prob. I can even adjust the valves on my wife's vintage Formula V race car with it's ancient VW motor...
Currently rebuilding the mechanical fuel injection on my '73 450SL. But by no means would I attempt to rebuild or even do much diagnosis on a four stroke, EFI outboard.
I guess I'll change the fuel filter, maybe a couple of lines, & try it with some fresh fuel. Otherwise, unless someone here has some other good ideas, off to the outboard mechanic it goes.