Coming and it’s now time to keep your small outboard safe from the freezing temperatures. If you’re like other countless owners who leave their boats floating on all the time, winterizing is your best friend. This especially true if you take your small outboard to salt water and don’t flush it regularly during the summer season. It’s definitely time to tidy up and winterize your engines. Start it off with a good freshwater flush. If in the above situation, a salt remover such as the Salt-X product should do the trick. Otherwise, here’s how you do it- Use some earmuffs to effectively clamp your outboard engine’s intake ports. Take a hose and connect it to a freshwater source. Install an in-line mixing unit through the hose for drawing in all the salt-removing fluids.
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