Hello, John Talley here would Boats.net. Well, it's that time of year when you
need to put away your toys. But to do that properly, you need to go through
what they call a winterization process, and that's what I'm going to show you on
our 2009 Mercury 200 XL Verado. Before we get started, let's head over to
the table and look at the tools and the parts we're gonna need to pull this off.
These are all the products that you're going to need to safely and effectively
winterize your outboard for the off season. Now there's a couple of different
processes we're going to be going through. We're gonna change the lower
unit oil. We have a video that shows you how to do that, so if you would reference
it and I can walk you through that process. The other oil that we have to
deal with is the engine oil. We also have a video for that, so reference that video
and I can walk you through it as well. Now to that, that in this video we're going
to show you how to apply the fogging oil, the fuel stabilizer, and then corrosion
guard. Now, as far as the tools, well it's going to be just basic hand tools and
I'll call out whatever size that I'm using so you can find it in your box.
Well now that we've got our products and our tools organized and ready to roll,
let's step over there and get a little project done.
So the first thing we need to do is actually part of your regular
maintenance schedule. You want to go ahead and change the fluid in the lower
unit, and once that's done go ahead and change the oil and the filter in the
powerhead. Now if you need detailed instructions, we actually have videos on
this particular unit where I can walk you through the process. Alright, next
we need to address the fuel system and to do that we want to bring in some fuel
stabilizer. What you'll need to do is just add this to the fuel tank, crank up
the engine, give it enough time to actually draw some of that fluid in and
circulate it through the fuel system of the engine itself. I can't do that at the
moment because well, we're just sitting on an engine stand. But simple to do,
just follow whatever guidelines they give you on the fuel stabilizer itself
so you don't over saturate the system or worse yet, not get enough in there. So
whichever when you go with read the instructions and just follow it
accordingly. Next we want to address the combustion chamber of the engine itself
and the best way to access that is to pull the spark plugs and actually spray
in a fogging oil, so that's what we're going to do next. So let's get our
harness pulled off of each coil, and then you just got an 8 millimeter that
holds the coil in to the head. I know this is a little bit
time-consuming, but it'll pay off in the long run if you do this each and every
year. As you go through this process, you're almost guaranteed as long as you
have a good battery that your engine's going to start back up when you need it.
The top two are really easy to deal with, the second? We have to get rid of part of
the cowling to get to it. And there is a 8 millimeter bolt on the latch that we
need to remove the pivot point, and then that will expose two more bolts going
into this section. There we go. Alright someone has already removed these two
screws. What we want to do is hit a couple of pry points and then remove this
cover. There we go. Making progress. Now we just need to pull
these four eight millimeters, and that's going to allow this locking plate to
come out. And that'll give us access to those last two coils. There we go. There, there.
That's just in an tight. I get the thing somebody's been in here before,
what do y'all think? Figured out what it was and then ran away. We've never
experienced that have we? Hopefully the plugs you pull out of your engine look a
lot better than this. Not looking too spiffy either. This is what will happen
to your engine on the inside if you set it up without spraying it with fogging
oil and then let it sit for a long period of time. It'll actually rust
the inside. Number two didn't look that bad, three and four look terrible. Yep,
what we need to do now is just spray a couple of seconds worth of this fogging
oil directly into the chamber. And now you don't want to get carried away here
because when you go to start it, I mean granted, it's going to dissipate after a
while but we didn't want to pump so much in there that we hydro-lock our engine
from too much fogging oil. So we'll start up top, one, two, three.
That should be enough. One, two, three.
One, two, three. One, two, three. Alright, now let's just get our plugs back in and
get our coils back on. Alright, let's take these two twenty foot pounds. And
get our coils back in.
Get the plug back in. Alright, the last step in this process is to give it a nice coat
of corrosion guard, and you can use this thing anywhere on the engine except for
any area where the belts are and/or the anodes. You want to keep it away from
those. Now obviously, we still have a lot more work to do on our engine, so I'm
going to put that to the side for right now. Well listen, if you need any parts
for your boat, why don't you come see us at Boats.net and we can get you taken
care of. Have any questions or comments? Leave them in the section below and I'll
do my best to answer them. Hey, if you like what you see, why don't you go and hit
that subscribe button that way you can keep up with whatever I'm working on
next. We just want to say thank you for shopping here with us at Boats.net,
and we will see you in the next video. Y'all have a great day.