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 Re: Should you disconnect and run gas out.
[Re: psycho0819]
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06/03/07 11:37 PM
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Southernboy
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I've been asked many times, "how do you winterize your boat"? I chuckle, and say "I use it"!
AMEN, Fishin is 365-24-7. No need to winterize your boat in Texas
See ya on the waters, Mike I'm a misplaced Alabama boy surrounded by a state full of Longhorns and Aggies. Lord help me keep my sanity. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015 National Champions. A Crystal Dynasty. 
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Re: Should you disconnect and run gas out.
[Re: Southernboy]
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06/04/07 03:50 AM
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PGR Mike
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If you don't use your boat that often, just buy some Stabil at the local auto part store and run it in your boat all the time. It will not hurt the boat, but if you get busy and don't take the boat out for a 3-4 months, it will not hurt anything. That $8 bottle of stabil can save you hundreds in repairs!
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Re: Should you disconnect and run gas out.
[Re: slewft]
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06/04/07 12:02 PM
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Cast Net
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I've never had a problem with mine, I don't know where this ideal came from. Early on(decades ago), pre-mix oil did not contain fuel stabilizers. If you wanted your single cylinder 2 stroker outboard or lawn equipment to start up again and not have to pay for a new carb or a carb rebuild, you ALWAYS ran it dry. With very few exceptions most all pre-mix contains fuel stabilizers so unless the storage period is is going to be an extremely long one, additional stabilizers are not necessary. Even today in my lawn maintenance business during the last week of work for the year, I add fuel stabilizer to the fuel and then winterize them by running them dry and lubricating the cylinder/piston with a small squirt of oil. Perhaps it is my age that I still do this, but equipment topped off with gas/stabilizer in the fall never started up and ran like the ones that have been properly winterized
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Re: Should you disconnect and run gas out.
[Re: Cast Net]
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06/04/07 01:46 PM
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sanbasscamp
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Only if there is a line of trailers waiting to load up or put in! lol!!
Never have, my gas doesn't stay in there long enough.
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Re: Should you disconnect and run gas out.
[Re: PGR Mike]
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06/04/07 03:54 PM
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tomnt
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If you don't use your boat that often, just buy some Stabil at the local auto part store and run it in your boat all the time. It will not hurt the boat, but if you get busy and don't take the boat out for a 3-4 months, it will not hurt anything. That $8 bottle of stabil can save you hundreds in repairs!
 best advice on here...I always use Stabil. Put in everything you run, weedeaters, chainsaws, 4 wheelers and mowers. works great!
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Re: Should you disconnect and run gas out.
[Re: tomnt]
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06/04/07 05:36 PM
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jtexfisher
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Originally Posted By: North Texas Fiberglass If you don't use your boat that often, just buy some Stabil at the local auto part store and run it in your boat all the time. It will not hurt the boat, but if you get busy and don't take the boat out for a 3-4 months, it will not hurt anything. That $8 bottle of stabil can save you hundreds in repairs! 2nd, 3rd and 4th that. New boat in '01. It's NEVER been fueled without it. No fuel problems even when I had to leave it sit for 6 months. Stabil goes in the 5 gal can AT THE PUMP for all the other gas motors all year 'round. Weed whacker always starts. Not sure that's a good thing though.  Does running the OB dry in the middle of the lake count??  jtex
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