Which type of 2 stroke oil?

RWilson2526

RWilson2526

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Being that I bought my boat towards the end of last season and I never owned an outboard prior to this I am looking to make my first purchase of 2 cycle oil. Whats the deal on this? should I only use Yamaha oil? Wally world by me sells Quicksilver for $25/gallon, Penzoil for $20/gallon and some other brand I cant remember for like $12/gallon.

What do I buy?
 
Imo as long as the oil you get is rated tcw3 i dont think it matters. I have used penzoil forever with great results. The walmart brand oil would be fine as well. Its according to what kind of money you are wanting to spend but for me its splitting hairs.
 
Pre-mix or injected? I personally run PENNSOIL synthetic blend in mine, but WAL-MART is discontinuing sales of it and is switching over to the QUIKSILVER stuff. QUIKSILVER is just an okay oil that I feel is VERY over rated for what it costs. EVINRUDE XD-30 or 50 is also a good oil that is said to work very well as well, but is a little more costly to buy(unless you buy it in bulk). YAMALUBE is also a decent oil, but I never bought into the hype behind it as I always had plug fouling issues with it.
 
Wally world TCW3 for me $10 a gal here, been using it for years!! But i premix. If you are injected the you better using something a little better like therm!
Also if your motor in new then you should stick to the makers brand till your warranty runs out.
 
I'm a pre-mixer as well, just the PENNSOIL smokes less. I don't really mind it so much, but my other half raises HE!! about it:zip:. Something about it gives her headaches, it affects me differently:love:.
 
thanks for the responses so far. I am still using the VRO injection. And motor is 1986 so no worries about warranties there.
 
I always used the Pennsoil XRD (??) its the yellow jug of 2 stroke for older outboards, or I would use the Pennsoil premium when I had my Johnson. Both were about the same, usually which ever one was in stock. You can get them both at Bass Pro if you have one. Now I am using YamaGold, damn that crap is expensive.

-Svence
 
THEFERMANATOR said:
I'm a pre-mixer as well, just the PENNSOIL smokes less. I don't really mind it so much, but my other half raises HE!! about it:zip:. Something about it gives her headaches, it affects me differently:love:.
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So Therm, you are saying you are like the rest of us two strokers,
(imagine "Ride of the Valkyre" playing in the background)
and said with a deep scratchy voice-

" I love the smell of two stroke oil in the morning"



By the way, I buy whatever is on sale, at Wally world, West marine
or whoever has a good sale,
I have the VRO still hooked up and so far, even with mixing real and synthetic,
as long as it has tcw3 on the label, I have had no issues, so far.
(I better go stroke my lucky rabits foot, now that I said that)
 
I would think that even the cheepest oil you can find now would be superior to what they had in 1986.

But what do I know, my motor doesn't burn oil.........yet anyways.
 
I would actually stear youy away from the PENNSOIL XLF, been alot of reports of people running it and having excess smoke from all of the detergents it has in it. With oil injection I would run a better oil than just the cheapest you can get. If you can find it, SUZUKI has an EXCELLENT 2 stroke oil for oil injected engines.
 
PENNSOIL synthetic blend is good oil, but the newer XLF has been linked to aalot of carbon deposits on the prop hubs and black oil running out of the prop from running it.
 
I have about 10 gal right now, i buy 1 or 2 everytime i go to wallyworld thru the winter, by the time summer comes i have all i need for the season. I hate having to go get some at the last min!!
 
"thanks for the responses so far. I am still using the VRO injection. And motor is 1986 so no worries about warranties there. "

If it was mine, i'd find out what the previous owner has been running & continue that. 23 years on a VRO is a pretty good endorsement. most on here will tell you that hand grenade should have gone off 15 or 20 years ago...
 
BassPro usually runs a special in the spring that has the Penzoil Synthetic blend for $11.00 a gallon. Plan ahead and buy it on sale and it's the same price as Wally World oil.

I have used it for the last 3 years with no issues and I agree with Ferm it seems to smoke less than the other stuff.

Kamikaze
 
THEFERMANATOR said:
I would actually stear youy away from the PENNSOIL XLF, been alot of reports of people running it and having excess smoke from all of the detergents it has in it. With oil injection I would run a better oil than just the cheapest you can get. If you can find it, SUZUKI has an EXCELLENT 2 stroke oil for oil injected engines.
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Ferm,
I am at a lost I am currently using Pennsoil XLF, Question is there another ? Please let me know exactly which one I need to switch to, you are right this one smokes a lot !
 
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