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STORAGE
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PROTECTING EXTERNAL OUTBOARD COMPONENTS
4. Lubricate all outboard components listed in the Inspection and Maintenance
Schedule.
5. Touch up any paint nicks. See your dealer for touch-up paint.
6. Spray Quicksilver or Mercury Precision Lubricants Corrosion Guard on external
metal surfaces (except corrosion control anodes).
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PROTECTING INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENTS
NOTE: Before performing Steps 7 and 8, make sure the fuel system has been
prepared for storage. Refer to Fuel System on previous page.
7. Place the outboard in water. Start the engine and let it run in neutral to warm up.
8. With engine running at fast idle, stop the fuel flow by disconnecting the remote
fuel line. When engine begins to stall, quickly spray Quicksilver or Mercury
Precision Lubricants Storage Seal into carburetor until engine stops from lack
of fuel.
9. Remove the spark plugs and inject a five second spray of storage seal around
the inside of each cylinder.
10. Rotate the flywheel manually several times to distribute the storage seal in the
cylinders. Reinstall spark plugs.
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JET DRIVE
11. Pump extra grease into the jet drive bearing to purge out moisture.
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