September, 2014 | Outboard Motor Oil - Part 2

Meeting and Exceeding Industry Standards with Yamalube 2-M

domo online blog 5 9-08-14Buying generic marine oil for your boat can be very tempting. I know many people who have been tempted by low costs to buy oil that is not as good for their boats as it is for their wallets. Generic oils are not good for your boat because they often don’t run as cleanly or as efficiently. This can make it so that you are wasting more oil and getting build up in the engine.

When I use oil for any boat, I make sure that I use oil that meets and exceeds all of the industry standards for boat oil. In one of my boats, I use Yamalube 2-M because I know that this is oil that is made for my engine. The oil protects my engine from carbon build up and makes it so that I get the best performance in my boat. It also isn’t that much more expensive when I buy it in bulk.

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Finding the Best Two Cycle Oil Available

domo online blog 4 9-08-14Anyone who owns a boat knows that there are lots of types of marine oil. When you walk into a marina store, there are rows of oil from many different brands. Many of these would work in your boat, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are the best type of oil to use in your boat. It is important that you know enough about your engine to choose the right oil.

Finding two cycle oil for your boat is a simple matter of learning what kind of oil works best in the boat. Some motors should use a synthetic blend of oil because this will make them run a lot cleaner. Using oils that run more efficiently and more cleanly can save you money in the long run because there won’t be a lot of carbon deposited inside of the engine that could cause trouble.

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Outboard Oil Specifically for My Boat

domo online blog 3 9-08-14When I first bought my boat, I knew that it was going to be very important for me to make sure that I knew a lot about its outboard motor. I made sure to read through the owner’s manual so that I could learn how to do some simple maintenance on my boat. I wanted to make sure that I could do any of the simple repairs and care for my motor so I wouldn’t ever have to take it to a shop.

In the manual, there was a lot of information about using the motor and making sure to put a specific type of outboard oil into it. When I first ran the outboard motor, I made sure that I was following all of the directions exactly. Eventually this became second nature to me. My boat has been running great with just the regular maintenance that it requires.

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Mercury Optimax is Mercury 2 Stroke Oil Specifically Made to Run Cleaner

domo online blog 2 9-08-14When it comes to running a two stroke motor in the cleanest way possible, it takes a special kind of oil. Not every type of oil works in a way to keep carbon from building up on the parts of an outboard motor. The best type of oil for this job is oil that is synthetic and made by the same people who made your outboard motor. They know the needs of the motor best.

For Mercury Optimax motors, the right kind of oil is Optimax oil that is made for these motors. This is Mercury 2 stroke oil that is synthetic. It runs very cleanly and efficiently, minimizing carbon build up inside of an engine. Using this oil for the outboard motors that are Mercury Optimax motors will make it so that these motors run well for a long period of time.

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Understanding the Different Types of Evinrude Oil

It is generally recommended that after buying an outboard motor you continue to keep it running in great shape with oil that actually comes from the same company that made the engine. This is because the manufacturers of your motor have the best idea about exactly what the outboard motor needs. Choosing something from the manufacturer isn’t enough though.

You have to make sure that you are also using the right oil for the outboard motor that you have specifically. For example, it isn’t enough to just buy any type of Evinrude oil. You need to know the difference between XD100, XD50, and XD30 oil. You can usually find information about what specific type of oil needs to be used by reading your owners manual.

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Yamaha 2M Oil is Designed Great for My Uncle’s Outboard

domo online blog 5 9-02-14My uncle has a tiny fishing boat with a small outboard two stroke motor on it. Even though the boat and motor don’t seem like much to my family members with much larger boats, my uncle loves the little boat and makes sure to take the best care of it while he takes it around on the lake near his house. It is a cute little boat that can move decently through the water.

To help make sure that it is always taken care of, he always makes sure to have the Yamaha 2M oil that is designed perfectly for his Yamaha motor. The boat motor has been running for many years and will continue running for many more to come with the level of care he gives to this motor.

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Calculating Yamalube 2W Oil Usage

domo online blog 4 9-02-14As the end of the boating season gets closer and a chill falls over the air that wasn’t there in the summer, I am preparing for a couple more trips out in the Waverunners for the fall. I have started sitting down to see how much oil I’ll need for the last couple of trips out on the boats this month. Since the boats are pretty small, I know I don’t want to take them out too late in the year.

I have determined that the supply of oil that I have right now will probably be enough to tide me over until next spring. I don’t like storing a lot of Yamalube 2W oil during the winter months, so I try to stop buying oil soon enough that there won’t be a lot of it cluttering my shed. This also makes it so I always have fresher oil when I buy a new supply to use in the spring next year.

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Mercury Engine Oil to Give an Old Boat New Life

domo online blog 3 9-02-14Since it was a long weekend, I spent a good chunk of my time working an old boat that one of my friends bought and wants to have repaired by next summer. I told him that I would help him when he first purchased the boat, but I hadn’t been able to get time to help him until last weekend. Last weekend, our focus was mainly on cleaning everything up.

The first thing that we did was pressure wash the entire boat to get all of the grime that had built up on it over the last several years to come off. It took a long time to work all of the scum that had collected on it off of the boat. After that we emptied all of the gasoline and oil out of the boat. Eventually, we’ll replace the oil with Mercury engine oil when the boat is actually ready to go out on the water.

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Providing the Best Outboard Motor Oil for Customers

domo online blog 2 9-02-14When my brother first started a shop that worked on boats, he thought that he would get customers coming in all of the time. He had his shop located right next to the lake so that just about anyone in the area who owned a boat would have to drive by the shop all of the time to get to the lake. It turns out that most people in that area worked on their own boat motors.

People did continuously come to him to see if he sold bulk oil for the boats. He ended up buying drums of the best outboard motor oil constantly and charging a slight mark up on the oil that he sold. Between this and fixing some of the motor problems that the fishermen couldn’t figure out themselves he managed to make his boat repair shop into a more successful business.

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Proper Boat Ownership with Evinrude XD100 Oil

domo online blog 9-02-14Owning a boat is a huge responsibility and should not be one to be taken lightly. Boats need to be constantly cared for and given all of the maintenance they need. If they are not run often, the motors will start to degrade and slowly break down. This can be very bad news for you once you try to take them out into the water and discover that something is wrong.

Keeping your boat in good shape is a matter of always making sure to run the motor several times a season. Keeping fresh Evinrude XD100 oil or another type of oil in the boat will also help ensure that it is always running its best. If you want your boat to come through for you and work well for you all of the time, then you need to put in the effort to keep the boat in great condition always.

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