To fog or not to fog, that is the question

[superflydudebike]

I bought a can of fogging oil after reading some of the winterizing stuff. To be brutally honest, some of the stuff seems rather excessive, but I will limit this to fogging. I live in WI and I will shortly retire my boat for the season. I will not likely go boating again until at least late April. Is fogging really crucial? To me it seems like adding all this oil to your engine will only make it harder to get going in the spring (e.g. plugs). I only have a couple of small outboards and it seems like the lubrication that the motor gets from the two cycle oil should keep the engine from seizing if not used for about half a year. If I am all wet, please set me straight.

 

[ondarvr]

Re: To fog or not to fog, that is the question

It's even harder to start with rusted and stuck rings.

 

[bgbass.1]

Re: To fog or not to fog, that is the question

you should fog the reason being it protects the inside of carb. and internal engine parts with a coating of oil it helps dissapate moisture. I live in new england and i wouldnt put it away without fogging. in spring fire it up let all fogging oil burn off replace plugs and go. dont forget to change lower end oil before you put to bed any moisture in there could freeze and ruin lower end

 

[dajohnson53]

Re: To fog or not to fog, that is the question

I agree - fog 'em, it's very easy. All you do is run the engine and spray into the carb until it smokes a lot. Some spray into the spark plug holes and rotate as well. That might be overkill because I would think that based on how 2 strokes are lubed via the fuel, which passes through the carb - that fogging through the carb would coat all the innards thoroughly.

For what it's worth, I fog my two engines every year and there is no trouble at all starting them in the spring. This of course assumes there's no other problems such as carb fouling (run stabilized fuel in it before lay up), or a dead battery! They do smoke like he!! for a few minutes though.

 

[samo_ott]

Re: To fog or not to fog, that is the question

And the answer is: Always fog. It's the cheapest best insurance you can get that your engines will start up after a long layoff. Yeah, it'lll smoke for a tad and might take an extra pull or 2 to start later but it's well worth it... and change the LU oil also... and you're done...

 

[CharlieB]

Re: To fog or not to fog, that is the question

Also fog my lawn-mowers, weed-wacker, chainsaws and Harley