De Winterizing boat engine - 1st START of the summer!

All items are a GO! Starting our boat engine for the first time of the season. Join us as we De Winterize this water toy!

[@bslifka9572]

This was extremely helpful - I’m a new boat owner and am having a lot of anxiety about my first de-winterize. This pretty much covered everything - thank you!

[@brookewallacehere]

Great info! Learned a lot, love the step by step instructions and pro tips

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks Brooke, we appreciate you sharing this. Hope all is well. 😎👍🔧🔩

[@Mike-ds1cs]

Great video! Nice refresher for de-winterizing my boat.

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thank you, we are honored to read this. A refresher is a good thing. 😁👍🧰

[@dextersxxxxlab]

bought a brand new 3cyl. yamaha 2 stroke 40 hp with powertrim 20 years back. It was kept on the boat on a trailer and the total boat with engine and trailer was covered by a big piece of heavy truck trailer tarp. Between engine and tarp I used an old bedsheet to keep it from rubbing the paint. Had made a horizontal pole on the centerline of the boat to keep the tarp from collecting water. Tarp was on the ground on both sides and wrapped around the outboard too. totally sheltered from the element but allowed a little breeze to flow through near the ground from front to back. used the boat almost every weekend in summer and would drive it hours on end for kneeboarding etc. when I bought it new they gave me extra sparkplugs and gearlube both to change after breaking in ( according to the manual). Well, long story short, only changed the gear lube once and the spark plugs never. sold it after all those years with the extra set of plugs I got when I got it. outboard still looked like new. inside and out. only had some worn off paint on the tip of the fin/prop guard from touching some sand while beaching when trimmed up and the edges of the prop lost their white coat of paint. repainted the prop when I sold it. Great engine. never missed a beat. Never opened the carbs, nothing and like I said never ever changed plugs. Never understand why you would. A car makes a lot more hours and even those I only changed once over the last 10 years. Same for our current boat with a yr 2000 mercruiser 4,3 v6. engine looks like new, runs great. had it for 10 years and had the boatshop change plugs once while they had it for bellow replacement after I just bought it. Changed oil twice myself. 10 years back and like 3 years back. Engine looks like new and runs like new. Maybe I am stupid but my credo is if it aint broken, don't mess with it.

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

We appreciate you sharing this, it’s great to hear this and we enjoy reading comments like this. Sounds like you took incredible care of your boat, that increases the life and reliability of both the boat and its engine significantly. We are rebuilding a 1989 GlassPort that has an inboard/outboard. The outdrive is an Alpha one Gen 1. We will be uploading the entire bellows replacement series soon. Below is a link to our Boat/Jet ski PlayList. kzbin.info/aero/PLjCXOz8TSkZlae2qY97uVVTm3JdBOUoRS We even have my parents Jet ski “In-house”…literally…🤣…for DIY repair videos. Below is a link that shows this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5zKYoF-fLKNqac Reach out to us any time. 😎👍🧰

[@brenterwin99611]

If I may add a little advise... Before you start any outboard after it has been sitting for the winter, Pull the plugs, squirt a little WD-40 or similar in the heads, leave the plugs out and slowly turn the motor by the fly wheel or prop (In Gear) if everything turns smoothly, great install plugs. Add water and start it up. If you do this your motor will last longer you may just save yourself from serious engine damage.

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks for watching & sharing your advice. We appreciate it. 😎👍🔧🔩

[@arciefan]

Excellent video. May I kindly correct one thing. An impeller pump is centrifugal , not like a piston /positve displacement, meaning the impeller will not pull in water and a piston pump will because the impeller only propels available water and will not pump air yet the piston pump will. Which is really the reason some outboards (probably most) do fine using the muffs and other outboards don't. Excellent video again and thanks for taking the time to show outboard maintenance.

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

arciefan Thanks for watching & sharing your comment! That’s correct! We have had great luck with the muffs! Definitely check out our next video as we continue the series. Next video will be on changing Spark Plugs & then a following video on Compression checks. All feedback is appreciated! Thanks again arciefan 😎👍🔧🔩

[@evalouisa7035]

Going in to summer your boat will need to be de-winterized after all the prepping for the cold months. Taking care of your boat throughout the seasons can have your boat looking great for much longer.

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks for watching & sharing this, hope all is well with you and your family. 😎👍

[@sheilagay9374]

Great demo Mike, explained very well. Who is the gentleman that’s starting the motor? Looks like he knows what he is doing also.

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Sheila Gay Thanks for watching! That good looking fella is the Captain of the boat for today’s video! He says howdy! 😎 The boating season has started down here & we are getting it ready for some more fun summer boating memories. 😊

[@tazblink]

I Think you need a new impeller that flow looked weak to me. Thanks for sharing

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

taz man You are very welcome & thanks for watching! A new impeller is always a good idea. 😀 Let us know if you have any questions. Please subscribe to the channel and turn on your KZbin notification Bell 🛎 that would be awesome thanks again! 😎👍

[@DJ-nu2zf]

What is this editimg im getting dizzy it ao chopy

[@romand123]

I’m starting the season with a half tank of gas that was treated with fuel stabilizer. Should I top the tank off with fresh gas before I fire it up? Excellent video!

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

We appreciate that, is the engine a 2-stroke? If so, we recommend burning the gas that’s in the tank before adding more.

[@romand123]

Correct!, it’s a outboard and I run 50:1. Interesting, I would have thought it would have been beneficial to mix it with some newer gas just in case. Thanks for the info!

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

@@romand123 Thanks for the reply. The reason being is it will throw off the balance/mixture of fuel and oil as well as fuel stabilizer. You may run into engine sputtering as it tries to burn the imbalanced mixture of the three.

[@romand123]

@@DIYwithMichaelBorders thanks for the heads up!

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

@@romand123 😎👍

[@brandenviens9248]

Does it matter if you replace the plugs before or after burning of the fogging oil and going through all these steps?

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks for watching & welcome to the DIY Raptor Club. Great question, most recommend replacing plugs after burning off fog oil. 😎👍

[@brandenviens9248]

@@DIYwithMichaelBorders thanks a lot, I have the same motor and still newish to it all. I appreciate the reply 👍🏼

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

@@brandenviens9248 Hey that’s what we are here for, us DIY’ers need to stick together! Hope all is well. 😎👍🔧🔩

[@eagle5720]

You need a bigger engine for that big Pontoon

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks for watching & welcome to the DIY Raptor Club. Let us know if you have any questions. Enjoy your day. 😎👍🔧🔩

[@declandecoursey4048]

Is it unusual for the engine to run at higher rpms during first start after de winterizing or is that indicating something is wrong

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks for watching & in most cases, you will experience sporadic rpm’s after long storage...especially if the cylinders are filled with fogging oil. Keep us posted on how engine runs.

[@robertruiz5110]

Where do you get the muffs from ?

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Robert Ruiz Thanks for watching Robert. We purchased our muffs from our local boat shop. Keep us posted on your project. Us fellow DIY’ers need to stick together. Many more helpful videos to come! Please subscribe to the channel and Ring your KZbin Bell 🛎 that would be awesome thanks again! 😎👍🔧🔩

[@andrewrat961]

why does the audio cut every five seconds i

[@bee2333]

Mine did this and all of a sudden overheat heat alarm went off and the water was hot coming out

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks for watching & welcome to the DIY Raptor Club. First thing to check is the rubber hose that guides water out of that little hole. With engine off, remove engine and locate rubber hose that connects to the plastic nipple that feeds water out of engine in that stream-like-manner. It’s very common for these hoses to get clogged with debris. Keep us posted. 😎👍

[@bee2333]

@@DIYwithMichaelBorders the water is running freely but what i was saying is that the water after 2 minutes of running turned to hoy and my overheat alarm turned on

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

@@bee2333 Thanks for the reply. It is normal for the exiting water to be hot as it has passed through engine & absorbed as much of the heat it can to keep engine cool. In your case, it’s getting too hot & triggering your alert. Is the water a solid stream or does it sputter/spit out? Your impeller may be in its early stages of failure.

[@bee2333]

@@DIYwithMichaelBorders steady stream. Impellar water pump kit was put on in the fall and i had it test run in a tub and it idles great with no overheating. Yesterday i did the initial start of the season. The stream is steady but ill take the lower unit off and check impellar. Thermostat housing had some sandy and corrosion gunk so im hoping if anything it clogged the thermostat

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

@@bee2333 Thanks for the reply, steady stream is what you want. That tells us your impeller/water pump is working perfectly. 😎👍 Sand & any type of corrosion can cause havoc. Looking forward to hearing back from you.

[@mikehill8237]

Could of done without the instructions of how to hook up a hose plus that motor needs a new impeller

[@marcelopevsner6734]

Bh

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Marcelo Pevsner Thanks for watching. Let us know if you have any questions. Us fellow DIY’ers need to stick together. Many more helpful videos to come! Please subscribe to the channel and Ring your KZbin Bell 🛎 that would be awesome thanks again! 😎👍🔧🔩