If a motor is properly winterized by a marine dealer, is there any problem with it sitting unused for 18 months? It still has the "winterized" labels from the dealer on it.

The boat I bought was winterized last Oct, but I didn't make it to a lake were I could use the bigger motor this year. I know the motor was in great shape before it was winterized and since I won't get to use it this fall yet, I was just going to winterize the smaller 9.9Hp that I used on the local lakes when I'm done for the year.

The boat will be in a garage over the winter in E. Pennsylvania.

If properly winterized, shouldn't be a problem.  Just depends on if the drained the carbs and purged the gas out of the fuel system or just added stablizer to the gas.  If he drained and purged the system, you are good to go.  If they just added stabalizer, you may have fuel problems.

If they just added stabalizer, you may have fuel problems.

Ok, they did the whole works. It was fogged and the fuel tanks are portable, so I already used up all the fuel that sat in the tanks on the kicker motor.