2 stroke oil

sxi steve

sxi steve

Life's short, have fun.
Location
Clinton Twp, MI
Is there any reason why I can not find the cheapest 2 stroke oil and use it in my skiis (like Walmart oil)? I am trying to save some cash and not use the more expensive PWC Name Brand stuff.

Thx.
 
Kny21

Kny21

Location
Delaware
funny.. my skis, boat, and wallet love SuperTech from Wally World. Only way I would consider spending high $ again for oil is if I had money invested in a high $ motor like stroker/lamey.
 
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DoGoodDrugs

I'd run any TCW3 oil in my skis. If I had a high dollar engine maybe I wouldn't take the chance, but I know that all oil is the same. Same oil fields, same refineries, same additives to meet TCW3 requirements. They even pump it through the same pipelines. The only difference is the bottle and price.
 
WET BOX

WET BOX

STL Crew
Location
STL
DoGoodDrugs said:
I'd run any TCW3 oil in my skis. If I had a high dollar engine maybe I wouldn't take the chance, but I know that all oil is the same. Same oil fields, same refineries, same additives to meet TCW3 requirements. They even pump it through the same pipelines. The only difference is the bottle and price.
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I agree. :woot:
 
Cannibal

Cannibal

Tasty Human
Location
Summit Lake, WA
ncbrock said:
I use rotella 15w-40 in my bikes, its only $9-11 a gallon, its great oil, we use it in our cars too.
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Way different than 2 stroke oil.

BTW, this is great oil for bikes with solid lifters and wet clutches because it has ZDDP (zinc dithiophosphate) which is a great lubricator and does not contain moly which will gum up a wet clutch and make them slip. However, do not use it in a catalytic controlled car because the ZDDP will kill a cat. You can't use it in the newer diesels with cats on them because of that and that's why other diesel oils like Delo no longer have ZDDP in them.

Back to the topic at hand...
 
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Kennay

Squarenose for the _____
Location
Myrtle Beach, SC
Rotella has been reformulated and it doesn't contain as much zinc as it used too which sucks.


And I've been using Rotella T for years, never any cat problems.
 
x2 frank

x2 frank

Location
St. Augustine , Florida
Walmart oil burnes up in the combustion process and does'nt lube the engine properly and you will burn your engine up. Quicksilver Exteme Duty is good oil and all we use.25 bucks a gallon is nothing compared to rebuilding and the time you lose fixing it and not riding.
 
Kny21

Kny21

Location
Delaware
No or not really. The fuel burns leaving oil or oil residue to lube the motor.

x2. Do you have any hard info on that or just re-iterating what someone else might have said?
 
Cannibal

Cannibal

Tasty Human
Location
Summit Lake, WA
Kennay said:
Rotella has been reformulated and it doesn't contain as much zinc as it used too which sucks.


And I've been using Rotella T for years, never any cat problems.
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If they did change, it would have been fairly recent. The oil analysis' were still coming back showing large amounts of ZDDP (over 1000ppm if I remember correctly).

Ya, I used it in my wife's 91 BMW for quite a while with no problems. I know that the cat issue is why they are changing the formulas. I shouldn't have said not to use it, just that it's not recommended. Probably really depends on how much oil the car burns.
 
Shrivel

Shrivel

Requires therapy.
Location
Acworth, GA
oil is oil. if it makes you feel better to run stuff that costs 20 bucks a gallon, run it - but you're no less likely to damage your engine. engine damage comes from improper mixture ratios, too high compression, worn out parts, etc. not from the cost of the oil.
 
tor*p*do

tor*p*do

Squarenose FTW
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Location
NW NC
Quicksilver :woot:
synthitic blend is nice, but the o/b tcw3 works fine too!
 
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