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Winterizing your outboard: the five steps that matter

Fuel stabilizer, fogging oil, a fresh lower-unit oil change — what to do before the first freeze.

Every fall the same boats come back in spring with the same problems. Five steps in October prevent most of them.

  1. Stabilize the fuel.
  2. Fog the cylinders.
  3. Change the lower-unit oil.
  4. Drain and flush.
  5. Disconnect the battery.