Re: Insight on oil
Bob - my "opinion" is only based on my personal experience take it for what it's worth.<br /><br />Just try a tank or two of each and decide if you can tell the difference in performance, or more likely, smoke. Then chose which one seems better. If you can't tell the difference, pick the cheaper one. Because I "believe" (again, opinion only) that there will not be a significant difference in carbon build up - not one that you would ever notice in the lifetime of your engine.<br /><br />I have an old V6 carb'd 2 stroke. I've tried a bunch of good quality 2 stroke oils (quicksilver, OMC-type, castrol, pennzoil, texaco) and a gallon of Pennzoil full synthetic. I'm serious - I could not tell the difference in any way between any of them, including the full synthetic. But I run the big engine at high RPM - wide open most of the time... maybe there would be more of a difference if I ran at idle. Others have different experience. I haven't tried the cheapest oils, but might this summer, although I have a stockpile of quicksilver and castrol to get through first becasue I bought a bunch on sale last fall.<br /><br />Just try it yourself- A tank of A, B, C, etc.. You're not risking anything because using any certified oil for a tank or two is not going to hurt your engine at all, even if it's cheap certified oil. You can compare a few oils and decide if it makes a difference - brand, or synthetic vs. dino. It might and then would be worth it. I really believe that all certified oils - at least the not-cheapest brands - do not have much diff. between them in carbon. There may be smoking or idling differnces, you have to decide for yourself on that one.
