Well I know this has been discussed many times

But I'm havin a hard time finding the threads, oky other boat had merc on it and this boat has Yama on it. I have almost a full gallon of quicksilver, have read of folks using pennzoil, shell & walmart brand 2 stroke oil well no one here in town carries yamalube will have to drive to Tuscimbia al or Corinth which neither are real far away but would be nice to buy here at local place, can find penn & walmart brand. What y'all think of usin penn or wm brand ? Also read where I could use the merc oil in the Yama also which would be nice since I have this gallon of oil
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Wont hurt to use the Merc oil in the Yammy, DO NOT USE THE PENNZOIL!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

Wont hurt to use the Merc oil in the Yammy, DO NOT USE THE PENNZOIL!!!!!!

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Thanks John:ThumbsUp

I buy my oil etc. from the Yammy dealer in Columbus now since we no longer have a boat dealer in Tupelo.....I order on the phone from the guy in Columbus and he sends it to me by UPS or FedEx.....shipping is a lot cheaper than I can drive to go get it.

I asked the same question on another board about a year ago. A marine mechanic told me that as long as the oil is rated TCW-3, it is safe to use in all two stroke outboards. To have a TCW-3 rating, it must be compatible to mix with all brands of TCW-3 rated 2 stroke oil. The guy I bought my boat from only ran AmsOil in it. That got real expensive and hard to find around here. I started using Quick Silver and it works just fine. Smokes a little more but runs just as good.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/mecha...-2-stroke-oil/

I use Quicksilver in my Yamaha, used it in my Johnson for 20 years. I would stay away from the gas station/parts store oils, but Quicksilver is sold here by Walmart as well as many other dealers so I would go with that. It is high quality stuff.

I used the Pennzoil in a 50 Merc I used to own for 22 years and never had a problem.

I was told by several mechanics not to use it, got a buddy that told me it wasn't a problem and it was cheaper. He is now looking for another 150 as his is toast, may or may not have been the oil but Quick Silver has been recommended by pretty much all the mechanics and its easy to get. Key is to use it, I don't trust no oiler either, mix every drop of fuel that goes thru mine. May blow tomorrow but it wont be to lack of oil!!!!:biggrin

I love my four stroke

I did not have a Yamaha dealer in my home town either. I used the mercury oil which my local dealer buys in bulk. Ran it for 9 years in my 225 V-Max with no trouble at all.

Just my 2 cents. All the brands you talk about are made by refineries to the same specs. Yam, Merc and the other outboard companies do not make it. They just market it with their name on it to make more money. Make sure it's TCW-3 like speck said. I used Yam oil in my merc for years, because my BIL could get it for me at a good price. He sold boats for 30 yrs.

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Originally Posted by dpisani

Just my 2 cents. All the brands you talk about are made by refineries to the same specs. Yam, Merc and the other outboard companies do not make it. They just market it with their name on it to make more money. Make sure it's TCW-3 like speck said. I used Yam oil in my merc for years, because my BIL could get it for me at a good price. He sold boats for 30 yrs.

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Exactly right

I've been runnin the merc synthetic is quicksilver synthetic the same runnin a 225 optimax

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Just my 2 cents. All the brands you talk about are made by refineries to the same specs. Yam, Merc and the other outboard companies do not make it. They just market it with their name on it to make more money. Make sure it's TCW-3 like speck said. I used Yam oil in my merc for years, because my BIL could get it for me at a good price. He sold boats for 30 yrs.

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Ditto Danny. Thanks for the post.

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Originally Posted by Speck

I asked the same question on another board about a year ago. A marine mechanic told me that as long as the oil is rated TCW-3, it is safe to use in all two stroke outboards. To have a TCW-3 rating, it must be compatible to mix with all brands of TCW-3 rated 2 stroke oil. The guy I bought my boat from only ran AmsOil in it. That got real expensive and hard to find around here. I started using Quick Silver and it works just fine. Smokes a little more but runs just as good.

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I know what you mean on the Amsoil. I'm still running it in the Nitro I bought from Yikes. But paying thru the nose to do so. Thinking about switching back to the Quicksilver which I ran in all the other Mercury's that I've owned. Did try the Pennzoil in an old 9.9 that I used to have and noticed it became hard to start after time. Switched back to the Quicksilver and solved the problem.

Thanks to all, I can get Quicksilver here in town. Would it hurt to run some Yamalube in the motor along with Quicksilver ? Brother in sells Yamalube at Lake Hill and if I can still get at my cost when I worked there, it should be less than the QS that I can buy here.

Won't hurt a thing Larry as long as its TCW-3

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Thanks to all, I can get Quicksilver here in town. Would it hurt to run some Yamalube in the motor along with Quicksilver ? Brother in sells Yamalube at Lake Hill and if I can still get at my cost when I worked there, it should be less than the QS that I can buy here.

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I was about to ask the same question. I have a Nissan 2-stroke. The manual cautions against mixing oil. Do you think it's because it came filled with the expensive Nissan oil and they want you to keep buying it?

By the way, I changed to Quicksilver and haven't had any problems that I know of although I have noticed it smoking a bit more than with the Nissan oil.

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

got a buddy that told me it wasn't a problem and it was cheaper. He is now looking for another 150 as his is toast, may or may not have been the oil but Quick Silver has been recommended by pretty much all the mechanics and its easy to get.

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Wannabe don't count. :)

Try an authorized repair center in your area. Typically they sell 2 stroke oil by the gallon filled from big drums so the actual cost is low.