12-31-2006, 04:34 PM
bryan,you come up with some good topics to debate,lol
to get to the first,to fog or not to fog,that is the question
in my opinion,it is overrated,i am not saying dont do it, but to me all it does is foul out plugs,.over time oil settles down to the bottom of the pistions,and along the top.the best thing is to run the motor once a month for a few min, just to coat the sides
lower end oil,
should be change atleast once a year.more so just befor the freeze.
when you change the oil and you notice it a little milky it should be changed a few times a year,the bearings a gears do not like the water in the oil.
batteries
deep cycle batteries it is ok to drain them down once and a while.but every time you do that you take a little life out of them,the deep cycles have thicker plate than normal car batteries.the more times you draw down the thinner the plates get.
as dave stated,about leaveing them on concrete,is the old way,years ago you couldnt leave them on concrete,the batteries now you can without no ill effect,even partstore now place them on the floor.
in my oppinion is to get a mantainace charger.what that does is turns on and off automaticly when the battery starts losing there charge.i picked up mine at a napa store around 40 buck.i leave it in the boat with an extention cord
water pump
to lubricat,and keep it from freezeing, i use the marine/rv antifreeze.
how i do it,i bought the collapseable 5 gall water jug,made up an adapter to take a garden hose,use about 5 feet cut,put an male end on,and use my motor muffs,run the motor untill the little pisser was the same color as the marine/rv anifreeze.i also use this when running the motor to relube the cylenders.you can buy this setup at any marine store for around 40-50 bucks
gas/carberator/fuel injected
i just use sta-bil every tank,for longer storage i triple the amount,from what the directions call,never had a problem doing this
my answer to your question
i dont see any differance between a oil injected to a standerard mixed gas.they both burn mixed gas.the only differance is how the oil gets into the gas
i have not seen a motor frozen from sitting,a friend of mine has 2 parts motors both a merc 6 cylender.they both are laying on the ground one for 5 the other 3 years.both still turn over
now if we were talking about a inboard or i/o.it would be a total differant ball game
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to get to the first,to fog or not to fog,that is the question
in my opinion,it is overrated,i am not saying dont do it, but to me all it does is foul out plugs,.over time oil settles down to the bottom of the pistions,and along the top.the best thing is to run the motor once a month for a few min, just to coat the sides
lower end oil,
should be change atleast once a year.more so just befor the freeze.
when you change the oil and you notice it a little milky it should be changed a few times a year,the bearings a gears do not like the water in the oil.
batteries
deep cycle batteries it is ok to drain them down once and a while.but every time you do that you take a little life out of them,the deep cycles have thicker plate than normal car batteries.the more times you draw down the thinner the plates get.
as dave stated,about leaveing them on concrete,is the old way,years ago you couldnt leave them on concrete,the batteries now you can without no ill effect,even partstore now place them on the floor.
in my oppinion is to get a mantainace charger.what that does is turns on and off automaticly when the battery starts losing there charge.i picked up mine at a napa store around 40 buck.i leave it in the boat with an extention cord
water pump
to lubricat,and keep it from freezeing, i use the marine/rv antifreeze.
how i do it,i bought the collapseable 5 gall water jug,made up an adapter to take a garden hose,use about 5 feet cut,put an male end on,and use my motor muffs,run the motor untill the little pisser was the same color as the marine/rv anifreeze.i also use this when running the motor to relube the cylenders.you can buy this setup at any marine store for around 40-50 bucks
gas/carberator/fuel injected
i just use sta-bil every tank,for longer storage i triple the amount,from what the directions call,never had a problem doing this
my answer to your question
i dont see any differance between a oil injected to a standerard mixed gas.they both burn mixed gas.the only differance is how the oil gets into the gas
i have not seen a motor frozen from sitting,a friend of mine has 2 parts motors both a merc 6 cylender.they both are laying on the ground one for 5 the other 3 years.both still turn over
now if we were talking about a inboard or i/o.it would be a total differant ball game
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