Winterizing Your Outboard: Keeping Your Yamaha 30HP Prime for Spring

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As the Perth mornings get crisper and the swell picks up, many boaties start thinking about tucking their pride and joy away for the winter. While it’s tempting to simply park the trailer and walk away, the “off-season” is often when the most damage occurs to an outboard. Corrosion and stale fuel are the two biggest enemies of a marine engine. At Aquasports Marine, we’ve seen plenty of 30HP Yamahas come into the workshop in September with gummed-up injectors or seized parts—all of which could have been avoided with a little winter prep.