To fog or not to fog that is the question

starcrafttom

I had a email about winterzing a c-dory and engine, Hey what would I know about winter storage, never done it and hope not to. Fish at least once a month all year. But the question of fogging a engine came up. Do you fog a four stroke for storage the way you do a two stroke. I could not think of a reason why not, but that does not mean there is not a good reason. So I put it out there for discussion To fog or not to fog?

P.s. My biggest german brown was hook on a lake at 7am on christmass eva in the sierras at 4500 ft. there was 3ft of snow on the bank and a high of 28* I was in a open 12ft boat with a 25hp with a now ex girl friend ,don't know why she left, took 20 mins to land 6lb fish on light gear. Wallas we don't need a no stinking wallas.

SEA3PO · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject:

Tom...We really need to talk....7am? snow ? Good thing it was just a girlfriend..... and not a wife.... or you'd be paying for that mistake for years...... 6 pounds or 60 pounds it's just a fish to them....

Joel
SEA3PO

starcrafttom · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject:

Susan will camp in the dirt , piss in the woods ( or boat), go wheeling with out water in site, sleep on the beach, but she draws the line on fishing when the temp drops below 32*. Cant have everything I guess.

Sea Wolf · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject:

thataway · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:

Whenever we left a diesel, 2 stroke, or 4 stroke engine for more than 3 months without starting, we fogged it. We also changed the oil, and put in storage additatives after shutting the engine down.

CAVU · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject:

My recollection from many years back is that fogging a two stroke engine involved spraying the fogging oil into the air intake while the engine was running until the engine stalled out. This was an attempt to get as much fogging oil into the crankcase as possible. I don't winterize my four stroke the same way. I just remove a sparkplug and but the fogging oil into the cylinder and then turn it over a few times.

mikeporterinmd · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject:

For V-8 inboards, I used to dump transmission fluid down the carb with the
engine running until it stalled out, basically. But, for an outboard, I would pull
the plugs, spray, and crank.

Mike

hardee · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: Fogging

My Yamaha 40's are 4 stroke, and still under warranty so they go to the Marine mechanic/Yamaha Dealer. I just talked to them last week and they do fog them, however I do not know the exact process (into the air intake or into the cyclinders). Either way, they do the service until the warranty is expired.

As to the now X- girfriend, Tom, I bet she got to go along just to chop the ice from around the boat, right?

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

starcrafttom · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:12 am Post subject:

no ice but you have to hve some one wade in and hook up the trailer bow strap when there is no dock. Wink

mkeeley001 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: fogging

I have twin 140 hp suzuki four strokes on my Tomcat. The dealer told me not to fog them through the air intake because the fogging oil harms the computer sensors. Instead, he runs a 50:1 gas and oil mixture through the engines and then takes the spark plugs out to fog the cylinders.