A few simple maintenance steps can help ensure a great boating season. Spring has arrived and we’re all eager to get on the water, but before you splash your boat, it’s smart to take some time to tend to a short preseason outboard engine maintenance checklist. By...
Don’t overlook this easy but essential task, especially if you boat in salt water. Inspecting and replacing the sacrificial anodes on an outboard or sterndrive is an important maintenance task that is often overlooked by boat owners. In this video, Quicksilver® professional angler Bailey Boutries demonstrates...
An engine oil-and-filter service is a straightforward, do-it-yourself project for the owner of a Mercury 150 FourStroke outboard. Mercury engineers designed this versatile motor to be easy for the owner to maintain, and in this video Scott Glorvigen of Wired2Fish and the Lund Boats Pro...
Sometimes the simplest maintenance procedures are the easiest to overlook. For some boaters, that’s the case with greasing the prop shaft and applying grease to engine fittings that require it. To make those jobs even simpler, Quicksilver offers two helpful tools. The first is premium Quicksilver...
The lower unit gear lubricant in most outboard motors and sterndrives should be changed annually, or every 100 hours. For many boat owners changing the gear lube is part of an annual service performed before winter or off-season lay-up, along with an engine oil-and-filter change for four-stroke outboards and sterndrives. Changing the lubricant is a pretty easy task for the do-it-yourself boat owner.
In this how-to video, Scott Glorvigen of Wired2Fish and the Lund Boats Pro Staff demonstrates how to change the gearcase lube in a Mercury Pro Kicker outboard, and the procedure is the same for most outboards and sterndrives. Check your owner’s manual for instructions specific to your motor or drive.
Caution, courtesy and common sense help keep public trails open and sledders safe. Snowmobiling can be an exhilarating activity. Exploring the expansive woods of New England, the winding trails of the Midwest or the deep powder of the wild Rocky Mountains is a fun pastime enjoyed...
When it’s time for off-season storage, don’t forget to give your kicker outboard a little love, in the form of an oil and filter change. Because auxiliary outboards spend most of their life at idle or very low rpm, it is common for condensation to...
Changing the gearcase lubricant in your 75hp and higher Mercury® FourStroke outboard* is routine preventive maintenance that will help keep your engine performing at its peak. Gear lube protects vital components within the gearcase, or lower unit, from corrosion and wear. It should be changed...
In winning the Sudden Death Round of the Major League Fishing General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops on Turtle Lake in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Quicksilver pro Jacob Powroznik, of Prince George, Virginia, proved once again that he can find and catch quality...
Replacing the Quicksilver fuel filter on many Mercury outboard motors is an easy job thanks to the quick-disconnect fittings. No tools are required to change this filter, which is featured on late-model four-stroke Mercury outboards from 75 horsepower through Verado models. The Mercury maintenance schedule calls...
A propeller provides a direct connection between a boat and the water, transforming horsepower into thrust, lift and steering control. That’s why having the right propeller on any boat is critical to all-around performance. Quicksilver® utilizes superior engineering, manufacturing technology and materials to produce a broad...
Winter brings the end of the season for many owners of outboard-powered boats. When you lay up your boat, correctly preparing your outboard motor for months of storage with premium Quicksilver® products will help assure that it’s ready to go next spring. In cold climates,...
Your two-stroke marine engine is a hard-working machine. You ask it run under heavy load at wide-open throttle for extended periods, a duty cycle that could destroy an automotive engine. Even more challenging for two-stroke marine engines are extended periods of operation at low speeds,...
Marine grease has a tough job. Not only does it have to lubricate and protect bearings and other parts, it must withstand extreme moisture conditions, extreme to the point of being submerged in water. While marine grease and “regular” grease both have the same job,...
Although Katherine has raced nearly everything with wheels, from Karts as a girl to Indy and IMSA, this weekend marks only her second drive in a NASCAR. Her first drive was at Mid-Ohio just a couple of weeks ago, but ended in a DNF with...
Automotive and marine engines are engineered to run quite differently. In order to meet emissions and fuel economy standards, automotive engines are calibrated to run within a certain RPM range and seldom see any heavy loads. Most of the time they are running at low...
Mark Daniels Jr takes home his first Bassmaster Elite win from Lake Oahe. Going into Championship Monday with a 6+ lb. lead, Daniels struggled Monday morning to get bites to keep his chance of winning the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by...
Nashville, TN (June 16th, 2018) This was my first race with the new boat in the NGK F1 Powerboat Championship Series. The course was a loop on the Cumberland River between the Woodland Street & Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridges downtown Nashville. A lot of factors put our...
Mark Daniels Jr (MDJ) reeled in 14th places his rookie year at the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic. With catching the Berkley BIG Bass on Day 1 weighing 6-11. {No big deal.} That brought MDJ's Day one total weight to 15-14. That bass kept him in...
The famous yellow mustard flowers are blooming around the banks at Kentucky Lake this week at the Bassmaster Elite, and that means the bass should be biting. Straight-shooting veteran anglers Greg Hackney and Jacob Powroznik preview the event that begins Friday and concludes on Monday near...