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Cover the lower unit? #11233586 11/19/15 09:56 PM
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For those of y'all that store your boat outdoors, do you cover/wrap up your lower units when it gets below freezing?

I store my boat outdoors, and I use it at least once a month during the winter, but I usually wrap the lower unit w/ a tarp when it's not in use...overkill?

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Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11233592 11/19/15 09:59 PM
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As long as it is drained out it will be fine


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Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11233593 11/19/15 09:59 PM
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you probably shouldn't have water in your lower unit to begin with

Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11233621 11/19/15 10:16 PM
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Overkill. Drain the motor at the ramp before you head home, trim it back down when you park it and don't worry about it.


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Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11233633 11/19/15 10:20 PM
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I live in East Texas and do as others said above and wrap with an old comforter. Yes it's overkill but peace of mind. A lower unit is not cheap.

Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11233650 11/19/15 10:37 PM
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Wrapping it keeps it from freezing? A lower unit generates no heat so how does insulating it keep it from freezing?

Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11233657 11/19/15 10:41 PM
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I just change the fluid every fall so I know there no water and store it lowered


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Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11233658 11/19/15 10:44 PM
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Yes, I cover mine with a goose down comforter and put a pillow under its head.
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Are you guys serious? Trim it down so all the water will drain out of the powerhead and out of the LU and let it rip. The only way it will freeze and cause damage is if it has water in it.

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Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11233677 11/19/15 10:59 PM
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Some of the older lower units - before the nose cone water pick-ups will hold water if tilted up. Especially to the extreme. The water is not in the gearcase, but standing in the housing. If it freezes hard enough, it will crack the housing. Tilting the motor down will ensure that it drains. If it is stored outside, even if you drained it at the lake rain will collect enough that they can freeze and crack if stored tilted way up. It takes a real hard freeze, but it can happen.

Covering it will do no good. No heat. Just drain it and keep it down.

By the way, that goose down is not hypoallergenic, and that SHO will start sneezing!


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Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: WillieKetchum] #11233718 11/19/15 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted By: WillieKetchum
Wrapping it keeps it from freezing? A lower unit generates no heat so how does insulating it keep it from freezing?
Ding, ding, ding! A winner. Outside your lower unit will eventually be the same temp as the air...unless you bury it in the ground also. :-). Keep your lower unit greese clean & lower the motor down while storing(don't leave it up on a motor toter). "Winterized"!

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Originally Posted By: Fish Killer
I just change the fluid every fall so I know there no water and store it lowered


You get yours back yet

Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11234062 11/20/15 03:09 AM
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Lived in the Durango Co area for a few years and never had a problem with freezing. Lower the motor, drain the livewells and pull the drain plug... if that works @ 10 below for weeks at a time I don't think you will have a issue here in Texas.

Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11234104 11/20/15 03:30 AM
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Never said I was smart... it just sounded good and it makes my lower unit feel good... hammer

Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: WAWI] #11234119 11/20/15 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted By: whatsaweighin
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I just change the fluid every fall so I know there no water and store it lowered


You get yours back yet


Get it back tomorrow

Gotta hate when you blow the seals out and tear up a prop on the boat ramp


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Re: Cover the lower unit? [Re: Noojen] #11234273 11/20/15 06:13 AM
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WOW! Is all I can say.


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