You protect your boat while not in use with a boat cover. Don’t overlook the protection of the boat engine. The boat engine, just like any other type of engine, has sophisticated machinery with sensitive parts. Investing in a boat engine cover should help you keep harmful debris, moisture, dust and UV rays from sun reaching the sensitive parts of your boat engine.

Basic Engine Protection

Road debris, though small in size can give you huge repair bills. UV rays can cause the engine casing to become more brittle and susceptible to cracking. Moisture or water can cause corrosion in sensitive valves. A boat engine cover is used as a solution to such problems. The right boat engine cover will solve these problems and extend the life of an engine.

While buying a boat engine cover choose the one that cover the engine completely, from the top casing to the end of propeller. This is the best cover to use for trailering a boat, to keep pebbles, road trash or any foreign objects from getting into the engine or chipping any of the casing. This is the best form of protection you can give to your boat engine.

A half boat engine cover, as the name suggests protect only the top half of the engine. This kind of protection is useful when your boat stays in the water all the time with the propellers and shaft completely under the water. It protects the casing and valves from UV rays and blocks out dust from reaching the sensitive parts of the engine.

An engine carrying case is a soft, padded bag for transporting a small outboard motor. Some are as small as the engine and leave an opening for the propeller to stick out. Others are shaped to hold the propeller as well. If the engine and case are stored under shelter, UV- resistance is not important for this kind of boat engine cover.

The more sophisticated boat engine covers come with a heating system that allows for quick starting of the boat on a cold day. Only a few manufacturers sell such covers to the public. Plugs are available in different voltages and will keep an engine nice and warm, whether moored in the water or stored on land.

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