sea-doo question?

[smallblockford1000]

I have a pair of seadoos one 1994 xp and a 1996 xp. We bought them two years ago and rode the hell out of them the first year. Never owning any type of boat before I wasn't real sure on how to winterize them. Someone told me just to run the engines for a second or two to clear any water and make sure that there was no water in the hulls which I did. Then they sat outside all winter long. The next summer we didn't ride them at all, but I did start both to make sure they would start. Then they sat outside another winter. Now I am kinda wanting to take them to the lake and I know the batteries are dead, but I didnt use any fuel stabilzer at all. And does the 2 stroke oil have a shelf life or anything, cause I have 2 gallons of that just sitting around. Anyone think that these two would just need batteries or if I take them to the lake would that just blow up or sink?

[Havoc Squad]

Gas does have a shelf life when not treated with gas stabilizer. If the fuel in the PWC fuel tanks wasn't treated with fuel stabilizer, your gas has probably now probably gone bad and needs to be drained out of the tank and disposed of in a responsible manner.

Second, unless you remembered to shut the gas selector to "off" and run the carb out of gas every time you put your PWC up, you probably let gas & oil build up in the carb. That means you'll have to have a carb cleaning and probably carb rebuild as well.

If you want your PWC's batteries to last longer than 1 or 2 years, pull them out when putting your PWC's away for the year. Keep them in a shed or garage and trickle charge (very weak) them once or twice during the winter.

Never leave batteries in boats or PWC's when out of season, they can eventually discharge themselves or go bad when exposed to extreme temperature changes during the fall and winter.