This my 3rd autumn with my 2005 75hp ETEC.....

(sorry I forgot the ser# )

yesterday I tried to winterize it with the manual in hand and doing what I did the last two seasons where everything went fine.

This year I lifted the fast idle lever, started the engine , watched the diagnostic LEDs go off one by one and then I lowered the fast idle lever...and nothing !!

At this point the LEDs are suppose top come back on and cycle off followed by the raising of the idle lever to fast idle and blinking of LEDs .... to start the oiling proceess for about a minute to auto -shutdown


I tried several time and after each lowering of the fast idle lever the LEDs do not come back on again.

The book says if this does not happen it is because the last idle lever was not raised initially....but it was ..as per the book !

Question.... I do I go about winterizing if the EMM won't recognize the raised fast idle lever being lowered down after the first cycling off, of all 4 LEDs ?

Is not winterizing.....really bad for the engine?

Am I doing something wrong ??? note: I did not remove the prop

thanks,