How to lubricate the motor?

[Agrav8_and_Lulu]

Hi everyone,

I am interested to find out if anyone cleans and lubricates their motor after use. I have been told that you can use Inox, WD40, or a high temperature grease to lightly cover the parts. Keen to hear what works best.

My motor is new and came with a light coating of grease all over. Any thoughts on what I can do to maintain this protective coating to reduce the risk of corrosion?

Thanks
Darren

[bf90]

mate the best thing I find is lanolin as it never really dries up and you can spray it on all wires and connections it repels water and salt cant get through it I have a honda bf 90 09 model and that little puppy has not one speck of corrosion any where I sprayed it on the power head after each outing for the first 3 trips and have no need to do it again as it is so thick and tacky as for greasing of joints by nipples ect normally do that every 10 hours and get the 100 hourly service done by gary (spanyard king) cheers Brad.

[nigelr]

'nother lanolin fan here. Both grease and spray, lanotec.

[stumbles]

yeh my mechanic suggested lanotec as well

[Stuart]

Yeh mate, rub a sheep all over the engine, will last for ages. Lanotec is a great product and whats even better is its made from freshly sqeazed Australian sheep.

Stu

[googarra]

Lanox, lanolin what ever brand. GGGGreat. I used to kill motors with degrease & washdown, kill with kindness. Just leave it greasy

Spray that sucker with lanox. or similiar, cant go wong

[lethal]

it was suggested to me that i should take the cowling off every couple of trips as i use my boat weekly and rinse it with cold running water from the hose and spray with inox. dont use high pressure hoses.

[Agrav8_and_Lulu]

it was suggested to me that i should take the cowling off every couple of trips as i use my boat weekly and rinse it with cold running water from the hose and spray with inox. dont use high pressure hoses.

Hi Lethal, I was just wondering did you take the advice and hose the motor off. What does everyone else do?
Does anyone hose the motor down first, then apply inox or lanolin base products. Is there any disadvantages to the exercise eg water sitting in the wiring connection, possible water going into the throttle body?

[Kero]

If you get any salt residue around the motor, just hose it off. I do this before flushing the motor and then run it up to operating temperature. Leave the cowl off for a while to let any remaining water dry off, then coat it with Lanox. Inox/WD40/RP7 will eventually bugger any rubber and electrical insulation. The Lanox dries, leaving a nice clear glossy finish, looks great and protects beautifully.

[stue2]

Inox/WD40/RP7 will eventually bugger any rubber and electrical insulation

Yep read the can to make sure that what ever you use is natural rubber friendly. lanox is friendly.

There is another post here abouts that someone posted on(can't find it) said to spray the motor with degreaser if you used Inox or WD40 or othe unfriendlies and wash it off. Then re apply Lanox. I made the same mistake.

Cheers, Stu

[Dignity]

It is not only the motor that suffers. My mechanic noted that the merc motor on the dinghy my missus bought had a noteriety for corrossion on the leg itself and to make sure I washed it thoroughly and sprayed it with WD40 etc but NOTon the motor due to it eventually working its way through seals, especially those related to electrical components. I cleaned the leg and cowling thoroughly, dried it well then used a lanlolin based spray on the ouside, it dried to a dull finish but I notice that when I wash the motor the dullness is still there and I have not seen any sign of corrosion. Doesn't look the best but hasn't corroded. I tried to clean it off with some cleaner and it does come off easily enough to put the shine back on as an experiment, but soon resprayed it again. I would rather it looked a little dull than corrode. The motor itself is simply misted with a little water and wiped off as the same lanolin product had been applied. No sign of corrosion anywhere and things look good. I do reapply the lanonlin every now and then.

I figure if lanolin is good enough for lacating mothers to use on their breast how can I not use it on my motors. I feel both mothers and my ouboard motors are Gods greatest gifts to mankind.

[lethal]

Is there any disadvantages to the exercise eg water sitting in the wiring connection, possible water going into the throttle body?


a light spray from your garden hose with the standard nozzel, then spray with the inox on the connections and use it to lubircate the parts that move. I havent heard about it decaying the rubber parts but worth a look at.

[lethal]

just found this post, worth a read
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...utboard-engine

[TheRealAndy]

I hose salt residue off after use, then lanox. Lanox is fine for electrics/electronics, I used to use it directly on the circuit boards of industrial electronics that was used in wet environments, never had a problem.

Infact, I use lanox on everything except the steering bits, cause it turns to glue in winter!

[Crunchy]

+ 1 for lanox, dont use inox as it makes rubber / wires brittle over time...seen it happen to the spark plug leads on a mates motor....