what oil to run in 92 johnson 60hp with vro

Hi I have a 92 60hp with vro, the original owner ran resolute 2 stroke is their any pro/cons to amsoil or should I stay with conventional tcw-3?. the vro has me concerned.

Thank you

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/VRO.html

Run Engine Tuner through it or similar de-carb product to give it a good clean. Doesn’t hurt to replace plugs after that. Cheaper oils just seem to not burn off as well. I’ve ran resolute through my 2 last Johnson 2 strokes and was happy with it. Switched to Amsoil just bc I backtroll quite a bit and less smoke/fumes, if not for that might’ve stuck with other.

Use way more oil since last fall upgrading motor size and use this just bc it’s readily available, cheap, and has a bit less smoke than resolute. Happy so far.

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^^^ I buy that same oil at Home Depot for $17 a gallon. Best price I have found, as Walmart was around $18 last time I checked. Great stuff for the price.

I used to be an Amsoil guy and ran it in everything, just didn’t notice the huge difference with the two stroke stuff as it just burns off anyway. I try to run full synthetic in all my 4stroke stuff however.

I don’t think you’ll go wrong with the stuff above but I use Amsoil in my 2002 150. I’ve run well over 1500 miles since I bought the boat in 2014. I’ve only put the Johnson/Evinrude brand oil and Amsoil in it.

I also put up to 100 miles a day on my motor when I go to Isle Royale. I don’t want anything to jeopardize my trips out there.

I remember when I owned a 2003 Merc 125 ELPTO 2+2 motor I only ran Merc oil. The one time I put cheaper oil in it I thought it started on fire.

From there on high quality synthetic only in my marine motors.

100 miles a day?!-dang-most will not do that in a season.

Before someone that knows nothing about VRO systems chimes in and says disconnect it, do NOT disconnect it. The VRO is a tremendously reliable system. People who say the VRO failed and wrecked the engine know nothing about the VRO and how it works.

Totally agree with Penzoil recommendation. Back when 2 strokes were still common in the saltwater/offshore scene, I asked on a forum about the best, low smoke oil. Pennzoil Premium Plus was the recommendation by about 5 to 1 over any other brand.

That means something because many of these saltwater guys were going through 10-20 CASES or more of 2 stroke oil per year. CASES, not gallons. Freshwater midwest anglers don’t use a boat for an hour for every 10 these guys put on. These Gulf guys were running twins or triples and using 5+ gallons of oil per weekend.

Grouse

Was your original recommendation Grouse

When I was running Dyno oil in my 2 strokes Evinrude a 60HP and 150 XP I blew both motors due to carbon build up around the rings Once I switched to a full synthetic never had the issue with carbon build up. Me I have used Amsoil HP for the last 20 odd years and have never had a major engine Falure.