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Winterizing twin 165 merc engines and Alpha I outdrives

ronald

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Does anyone know the steps for

Does anyone know the steps for winterizing my twin 165 merc engines and Alpha-1 outdrives?

This is a FWC system..
 
"You should get yourself a Sel

"You should get yourself a Seloc or Clymer manual, or refer to your Merc manual that came with the units, but essentially you need to:
-hook up water to the outdrive using muffs, and warm up for 15 minutes or so. Watch temps!
-drain the oil and change the filter
-refill with fresh oil and run for a short while
-fog cylinders on shutdown
-drain seawater side of cooling system
-drain and refill drive oil
-grease all drive fittings, steering, and coupler if you can
-check all other fluids and top up
-repeat all the above for the other unit
-put some stabilizer in the gas
-park the boat and lower the drives
-remove the batteries, or hook up trickle charger
-have a beer (have 2 if you didn't make much of a mess in the bilge)
Hope that helps,
Rod"
 
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