Outboard Oil-Two Stoke

  • derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    May 7, 2004 at 12:59 am #1232718

    Has anyone gotten away from buying the manufactures two stroke oil with good results?
    I saw that a gallon of Lubamatic or West Marine TCW-3 oil is running about $7-$8 v.s my brand oil for $22.

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    May 7, 2004 at 1:02 am #303919

    I’m still filling my gallon jug at Starks Sports Shop for around $10 or $12…It is the Merc oil TCW-3

    Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    May 7, 2004 at 1:30 am #303987

    I stick with the manufactures two stroke oil, my motor is to big of an investment to risk taking a chance on oil that the manufacture does not recommend.

    dustin_stewart
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1402
    May 7, 2004 at 1:58 am #303994

    I use the Shipmate oil from Mills Fleet farm and have not had a problem for the last 1 1/2 years. This stuff is half the price of the Yamaha and Merc Brands.

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    May 7, 2004 at 2:02 am #303997

    Shipmate?? What motor you running Dustin? I had a buddy that had problems with the Shipmate brand but he also thought maybe bad gas??

    dustin_stewart
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1402
    May 7, 2004 at 2:03 am #303999

    Yamaha 175 HPDI. Runs like a top

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    May 7, 2004 at 2:17 am #304004

    Wow, High pressure even.. Like Steve, I have always run the Manuf oil. If these gas prices get higher, I may have to experiment with other brands. Thanks for the info.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18631
    May 7, 2004 at 2:15 pm #304062

    I have been using amsoil for quite a while. $18-20 per gallon. Before that I was using injex with good results.

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    May 7, 2004 at 11:43 pm #304028

    I have been running the manufactures oil in my Johnson 90 hp. Motors are way toooo expensive to replace to take a chance with cheap oil. To cut cost I take my empty gal oil container to Smittys Marine in Lake City and he fills it up from a 55 gal drum of the manufactures oil for several dollars less than the reg. new gal jug price. But you have to bring in a Johnson or Evinrude jug. Great oil at a better price.
    Thanks, Bill

    Bob Carlson
    Mille Lacs Lake (eastside), Mn.
    Posts: 2936
    May 8, 2004 at 1:39 am #303983

    I have been running Shipmate oil from Mills Fleet Farm for a number of years 6-8+ or more…many….
    I have had no trouble with plugs fouling in my Mercury.

    Gianni
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    Posts: 2063
    May 8, 2004 at 2:29 am #304143

    The subject of cheap vs expensive oils has come up before. I took a fair amount of time to look into it and post some info:

    Link

    From what I remember, outboard manufacturers were having to do a great deal of warranty work for people who used the cheaper brand of TCW-2 oil. This was because the TCW-2 spec was very loose on a handful of critical parameters and allowed makers to cut corners.

    As a result, the three major companies (Merc, Yammy, OMC) got together and generated the TCW-3 spec, which was adequately tight on all critical parameters. I run the cheap TCW-3 stuff and don’t think twice about it.

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