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Old 08-21-2008, 12:08 PM
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Default leaving a boat for a couple months.

i will be going out of town for a few months and i own a small 14 foot boat with a 40hp suzuki.
like i said i will be leaving for probably 2-4 months, is there anything i should do befor i tarp and leave my boat? (ps i have almost a full tank of gas (about 8 gals))
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Default Re: leaving a boat for a couple months.

Add stabilizer to the gas and fill up run the gas through the engine, then flush the engine with fresh water and change the oil is 4-str or fog it out if 2-str, now you can leave it for years
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Old 08-21-2008, 12:32 PM
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okay ive added fuel stabolizer i also ran the oil down pretty low, not sure what you mean by fog it out, but it is a 2 stroke, my thoughts were run the oil low, then next time i take it out i can fill the oil back up with nice clean new oil and ill be good, or so i hope/think. or would i be better just filling it with new oil now? any thing else i should worry about? i was kinda worried about the wheels rusting to the point where they wouldnt roll, i think i can get someone to move it probably once a month or so, but idk

anything else i should be worried about? or need to take care of?
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