mcphee64

It definitely wouldn't hurt to put some fresh gas in the tank, especially if the fuel collected any condensation for sitting so long. Do you know if the guy actually winterized the boat?

When we had a our 2-stroke, we kept it in the garage where it stayed warm so we just added fuel stabilizer and disconnected the battery. Typically at the beginning of the season I would charge the battery then I would hook the hose up and flush everything out. It would run "really" smoky due to the fuel stabilizer being burned off. Once this tank had been completely burn off during the first outing then everything was good to go.

I don't know if he winterized it. I think that he just made sure all the water was out of the lines and then he put stabalizer in it. Here in the Willamette Valley it only gets below freezing once or twice and even then it's right around 32 degrees out. I just want to make sure that I don't mess anything up. I just talked to a boat repair place not a seadoo dealership as they are closed today and they said change the plugs replace the battery and fire it up. Do you think that'll be fine without it being winterized? Also should I grease anything or spray lube any where first? Thank you

I would put a new battery in it and try to start it up. Check the plugs and see how they look too, if they have never been replaced then it might be a good idea to go ahead and do this too.

So you don't think I should drain the gas at all? Someone mentioned just fill it up with new fuel so it mixes a little. Also, I'm guessing the oil in it is fine, as the reservoir is full. But, with a 4-stroke engine I would change the oil maybe drain the coolant and refill etc. just refill fluids. This being a 2-stroke that really isn't all an option, so want to make sure that I get everything cleaned out. I looked at the plugs I will change those didn't look too bad but had some carbon build up. When you winterize it says to put antifreeze in the mufflers etc. If that happened do I need to clean any of that out. Flush the system at all?