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Living up in the north, I feel ya. Don’t let those southerners tell ya fogging isn’t necessary! 😉
Normal engine oil wont cut it. It isn’t MEANT for long term storage, it is meant to be burned. Fogging oil is meant to cling for an extended period.
On non running motors, you can still fog them. Have someone spray the fogging oil into the intake manifold, or carb if its on, while you crank it over. It will suck the oil into the crankcase and coat it. Then I remove the plugs, spray some oil into each cylinder, and pull it over a few more times. Lightly install plugs back in. Then I mist the block with WD40 to prevent corrosion, and you are done.
If the motor is running, you can either make up a "fogging tank" of fuel, with a mixture of fuel/oil/stabilizer/fogging oil, and run that through the motor for 10 minutes or so, or you can make up a mixture of fuel/stabilizer/oil, run the motor at a high idle, while spraying the fogging oil into the carb throat if your fogging oil is in an aerosol can. Keep spraying it in for about 30 seconds or so. It will smoke like crazy, then die. That is normal. Then, as before, remove plugs, coat cylinder walls, and replace plugs. Then mist powerhead with wd40 and you are done.
Other than changing gear oil, greasing, etc…. which is also an important part of winterizing a motor.
Keep it stored upright, as they are self draining.