I treat the gas and put them in the trailer. Battery tender every few weeks... Fall time grease the skid and change the oil and go.

 

All I Ever do is treat the fuel and run the sled to circulate it through the fuel system. Plug the exhaust to keep mice out and remove the battery and put it on a trickle charger. That's it. Then in the Fall I will change oil and filter along with chain case oil. That is all it takes to insure a gas and go season.

 

Change the oil and grease the skid now you want to force any water out of the greasable items and you don't want that dirty acid oil sitting in the motor all summer. Batteryminder maintainers are on both my 1200 year round my 09 still has its original battery

 

I was going to ask why you change oil in the fall instead of now, but I have heard that brand new oil can also be slightly corrosive and when you change it then you should run it briefly prior to storage. That was from back in my Banderlog Jet Boat forum days though and stuck with me after all these years. I honestly don't know how much if any truth there is to that, just hearsay I picked up along the journey of life

 

X2. After changing the the oil and filter at seasons end, run engine up to temp and slight fog for shut down. Let sit until next season.

 

Stabilizer in fuel and park it in the trailer. Full service in fall. Never an issue. even went 6 years and 20,000 miles on original battery with no tender. Starts at -25f

 

Fuel stabilizer ..Plug exhaust to keep mice out..Take off side panels cuz mice like it dark..Start once a month..No battery issues ever..

Plus got to hear our Babies run..LOL..

 

Winterize? Ride it.

Summerize; fresh oil and filter to get the acidy oil out. Stabilize a full tank of fuel. Grease all the fittings to force out the water. Get some penetrating oil into the ball joints, Loosen the track, put the sled on a lift to unspring the suspension, plug exhaust, charge the battery about every 60 days.

 

^^^^. Exactly, to winterize any sled, 2 or 4s just add snow, repeat as often as possible

 

Sea foam goes in the tank on the last ride, full service, trickle charger til next season. As soon as it snows it’s 100% ready to go.

 

Trade it in April. Pick up new sled in November. Simple. You could read the manual if you really need to know

 

Winterization??? I just put gas in and go . . . .

 

Opinions vary widely but I usually just follow the recommendations according to the engineers at BRP.

From the owners manual to be done for summer or when a snowmobile is not in use for more than 3 months:

STORAGE:

1. Clean the vehicle

2. Add fuel stabilizer to fuel following the product manufacturer recommendations.

3. Run the engine after adding the product to the fuel

4. Lubricate engine (Etec summarization procedure does not apply to Ace or 4-Tec)

5. Lubricate brake lever pivot

6. Lubricate rear suspension

7. Charge battery monthly to keep it fully charged during storage (on models with electric starter)

8. Block muffler outlet with rags

9. Lift rear of vehicle until track is clear of the ground. Do NOT release track tension

 

I think i will just be removing my engine for a summer build, it should be a fun sled when im done but back to the question...i used to change oil in spring and grease it to get all the moisture out of everything