Winterize your investment
As winter approaches, it's essential to prepare your powersports vehicle for the cold months ahead. Whether you’re storing your UTV, ATV, motorcycle, or snowmobile, proper winterization is key to protecting your investment and ensuring your machine is ready to go when the snow melts.
Why should you winterize?
Prevent repairs in Spring
Cold weather, moisture, and inactivity can wreak havoc on engines, fuel systems, and batteries. By winterizing your powersports vehicle, you reduce the risk of rust, corrosion, and fuel system damage. Without proper care, you might face expensive repairs come spring—problems like seized engines, clogged fuel lines, or dead batteries are common for vehicles left unattended without preparation.
- Fuel System Protection: Fuel can break down, clogging carburetors and fuel injectors. Adding fuel stabilizer ensures your fuel stays fresh during storage.
- Engine Fogging: This process coats internal engine components with a protective layer, preventing rust and corrosion in both 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines.
Add more years of fun
Routine winterization can add years to the life of your UTV, ATV, or motorcycle. Properly stored and maintained vehicles experience less wear and tear, meaning they last longer and perform better over time. By preparing your machine for winter hibernation, you’ll reduce long-term wear on vital components like the engine, transmission, and electrical systems.
- Oil & Filter Change: Dirty oil left in the engine can degrade and cause internal damage. Fresh oil protects your engine through the cold season.
- Coolant Check: If your vehicle is liquid-cooled, proper coolant levels and the right antifreeze mixture are critical to preventing freezing and damage.
Batteries, Moisture & Rust
Batteries can lose charge or fail altogether when left in a cold environment for too long. By taking the right steps—disconnecting or using a battery tender—you can avoid returning to a dead battery in the spring.
- Battery Care: Disconnecting the battery or using a trickle charger maintains battery life, ensuring your machine starts up without a hitch when you’re ready to ride again.
Winter can bring moisture, condensation, and snow, all of which can lead to rust and damage to your powersports vehicle. Storing your machine properly and applying protective coatings to vulnerable areas can prevent moisture-related damage.Lubrication and Inspection: Applying lubricants to key moving parts, such as cables and chains, prevents rust and corrosion. We’ll inspect your vehicle to ensure everything is in top condition before storage
- Lubrication and Inspection: Applying lubricants to key moving parts, such as cables and chains, prevents rust and corrosion. We’ll inspect your vehicle to ensure everything is in top condition before storage
Our Winterization Options
Winterization Service
$149.99
At Five Mile Powersports, we make winterization easy by bringing expert service directly to your door. Our mobile winterization service means no more hauling your UTV, ATV, or motorcycle to a shop—we come to you! Serving Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs, The Ranches, Fairfield, and Cedar Valley, we offer convenience, expertise, and peace of mind.
Our standard service includes:
- Fuel system stabilization
- Battery care (disconnection or trickle charging)
- Coolant and antifreeze check
- Engine fogging (for long-term storage protection)
- Complete inspection and lubrication of key components
Dont forget the oil
Changing your oil as part of winterization is crucial to protect your engine during long periods of inactivity. Old oil can contain contaminants and become acidic, leading to corrosion and damage to internal components. Fresh oil provides better lubrication, especially in cold weather, and ensures easier startup in the spring. By replacing old oil before storage, you extend the life of your engine and prevent costly repairs.
We can change the oil for small upcharge of $70.00
Go Deluxe!
$499.99
The Five Mile Powersports Deluxe Package offers comprehensive maintenance to keep your vehicle in peak condition. For just $499.99, you’ll get a synthetic oil and filter change, transmission fluid change, front differential fluid change, coolant check, and a full inspection. This package ensures your UTV, ATV, or motorcycle runs smoothly and reliably all year long.