glocklt4
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Besides that they do it all the time or that you just don't have time to, why would you pay to have your boat winterized by a dealer? I'm more specifically concerned with a smaller single engine boat with open bow (like my 200 sport). I understand paying if you have a 40ft dual diesel up north, haha.
The cost of winterizing via dealer seems ridiculous for what they do:
1) Change oil & filter - $40 (should take 15 minutes since i have a drain hose built in)
2) Add fuel stabilizer - $8 (if this is difficult for you, you shouldn't fill up your tank yourself anyway, ha)
3) Flush engine with anti-freeze - $20 (seems pretty straight forward except I'm not going to pay $50 for a bottle kit - my salt water fish stuff uses the same 5 gallon jugs i've seen with just a hose set attached)
4) Change drive lube - $10 (from video at West Marine, this seems very easy to do too with a pump)
5) Change fuel filter - $10 (maybe the most dangerous part, but still should be basic)
So I'm expecting $88 worth (already picked up all parts except anti-freeze as of now). I do lots of work to my corvette and other cars I've owned, so maybe I'm just more adventurous and experienced in these kinds of things than others who are willing to pay...?
Also I haven't winterized before, just bought my first boat in July, so maybe I'm missing something hard to do??
Thanks for your comments! I am planning to winterize this weekend as of now.
EDIT: Forgot to mention Fogging oil... picking that up today.
The cost of winterizing via dealer seems ridiculous for what they do:
1) Change oil & filter - $40 (should take 15 minutes since i have a drain hose built in)
2) Add fuel stabilizer - $8 (if this is difficult for you, you shouldn't fill up your tank yourself anyway, ha)
3) Flush engine with anti-freeze - $20 (seems pretty straight forward except I'm not going to pay $50 for a bottle kit - my salt water fish stuff uses the same 5 gallon jugs i've seen with just a hose set attached)
4) Change drive lube - $10 (from video at West Marine, this seems very easy to do too with a pump)
5) Change fuel filter - $10 (maybe the most dangerous part, but still should be basic)
So I'm expecting $88 worth (already picked up all parts except anti-freeze as of now). I do lots of work to my corvette and other cars I've owned, so maybe I'm just more adventurous and experienced in these kinds of things than others who are willing to pay...?
Also I haven't winterized before, just bought my first boat in July, so maybe I'm missing something hard to do??
Thanks for your comments! I am planning to winterize this weekend as of now.
EDIT: Forgot to mention Fogging oil... picking that up today.
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