How to Make Your Boat Engine Last Longer

To extend your boat for years take a few minutes and follow these tips.

The most expensive part of a boat is the engine. These tips are for boats three types of engines – inboards, sterndrives, and outboards.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Healthy Boat Engine.

Filters.

You can’t change your oil filter and fuel water filters enough.

Changing the filters often keep from buildup of varnish in the carburetors and injectors.

Step 2

Keep out Bacteria.

If you have a Diesel boat and want to fight bacteria add fuels with biocides. If your boat sits for a long time your fuel system should be drained and cleaned.

Gas powered boats should add a treatment to their fuel before storing. There are fuels with additives that claim to eliminate problems caused by standing fuel with ethanol in it.

Step 3

Change your oil. Most manufacturers recommend changing the oil every 100 hours.

Step 4

• Chcek out your spark plugs.
• Change your spark plugs.
• Gas motors and glow plugs in diesel engines get gunked and foul up with oil and fuel.

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