Yearly service?

[mmandley]

Do I need to drain the prestone i put in the hose and engine last year when I did my winterization before running the boat this summer?

No when you put the boat in the water and start it, it will flush out.

[wakeboy]

No when you put the boat in the water and start it, it will flush out.

thank you

[wolfeman131]

No when you put the boat in the water and start it, it will flush out.

Regular automotive antifreeze such as Prestone contains toxins and you'll be putting those right into your lake. Maybe/probably not a big deal unless your in an Army Corps lake and an officer is within sight or if you give a crap about the environment.

If you use RV antifreeze next fall/winter, it's environmentally safe and you can drop it right in, but it's probably better to crank it up for about 10 sec with a container under the exhaust ports and dispose of it properly. A lot of oil change places will take your used fluids.

[rdlangston13]

I have looked for this zirk fitting on my steering cable and have found nothing...


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[beat taco]

I have looked for this zirk fitting on my steering cable and have found nothing...


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At some point the design was changed at it is no longer required to lube it. Funny thing is the older manuals (I only looked up to 04) say to lube it but never show what it is or how to do it. Then I looked in a 2012 manual and there's no mention of lube-ing it at all. So I can only assume its been changed.
I never knew about it until my 91's steering was extremely stiff one year when I took it out for the first run of the season, that boat had the zerk right on top of the rudder in the hull.

[Riding23]

Ive been searching through all the threads and cant seem to find any about typical yearly servicing. This is the first time I'm having to de-winterize my boat since I bought it. Just trying to find out what i should replace/service as far as typical yearly servicing goes. Fairly new to the boating/ moomba scene. Thanks.

Wondering this myself, just had the "gold Service" done in late November- all fluids changed, oil changed, impeller changed out.. Last year I had the oil changed again and services done again before I took it out here in March... But thinking that may be quite a waste of money, is it really needed before I take it out?

[wolfeman131]

If you haven't run the boat since November, then you don't need to have all the fluids changed again to start the season.

[parrothd]

I have this..

http://m.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/s...&ci_sku=313820

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