Winterizing Your Rig Make sure your boat and motor perform great next spring by following proper winterizing procedures prior to storage. Winterizing Your Rig Take heed of this sound advice or else next this Spring you'll be fishing from the bank. Prior to storing your rig for the winter, your outboard should be serviced, either by your dealer's service center or yourself.
Directions are on the can.
Provide a water supply to the engine, start it and run it for 5 minutes to distribute the stabilized fuel through the fuel system. Fog the engine with OMC Storage Fogging Oil or equivalent. This is accomplished by removing the spark plugs, spraying the fogging oil into the spark plug holes and rotating the crankshaft clockwise several revolutions to distribute the oil and drain water from the water pump. Clean and inspect the spark plugs, discarding any that are bad and replacing with new plugs. Install and tighten to specifications.