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Constance in famine says, what about AMS oil
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So talking about different oils, I think this is a personal preference
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I'm not an oil expert. The AMS oil makes a great product
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Mobil makes a good product. For me in the outboard world, you definitely want a marine oil
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I wouldn't be using a non-marine grade oil in an outboard or an inboard or anything like that
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mainly because of the environment. So with an engine that is being used on a boat, you have a lot of different factors to
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take into consideration opposed to your car. So your car is on land
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It's got a closed loop cooling system with a radiator using antifreeze
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Compared to a marine engine, you're being used on the water and you are using a lot higher RPM
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as well as a raw water cooling system, which means that you're constantly running
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raw water going through the engine, which comes with its own problem
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So the actual cooling of the engine, the oil is not getting as hot
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So on your car, your oil temp, depending on the car and the model, is going to vary greatly
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Some of them are 190 degrees when you're running. Some of them are up into the 200s
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So you're talking 220, 230. So you've got a lot hotter oil in the car than you do with the boat
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So in the boat, on the outboard, the oil tank is basically submerged in the water
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which keeps that oil temp down a lot. Yes, at wide open throttle, the oil temp is going to get up to 220, 230, depending on the model
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It's going to get up into the 200s, but the colder the oil is and because of the air that
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is being used, I'm trying to think of a good way to explain it because think about condensation
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If it's running really cold, you can create condensation. Condensation is water
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And now water can accumulate in the oil. The oil not getting as hot as it does in the car is unable to burn off that water
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So you have an issue of potentially getting water in the oil
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So the attributes and the makeup of the oil needs to be able to account for the lower
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temperatures and the possibility of getting a small amount of water into the oil
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So the makeup and the chemical properties of the oil need to be specific for the marine application
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That's, you know, hands down, doesn't matter if mobile, AMSOIL, whatever the oil product is
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it needs to be a marine-based product because it needs to have those properties built into it
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Unlike your car that runs, like I said, 220 degrees regular, whereas the engine oil in the
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outboard is going to be a lot colder. I mean, it might be running 160
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Like it's a lot colder. As far as the different brands, my personal opinion, I like to stick with OEM
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I like Yamalube. I like Merck's. I like the Quicksilver. If Suzuki's, I like Suzuki
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So I kind of tend to, I mean, you know, it doesn't mean one's right or wrong
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It's just been ingrained in me working at dealerships and working for brand manufacturers
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I stick with the brand that it is. So, you know, that's my personal opinion
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Argue what you want to argue about it. I'm not an oil expert either
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So I think AMSOIL makes a great product. Mobile makes great product
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Pennzoil makes a good product. So I think all three of them make a marine-grade oil
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So, you know, whether it's conventional or unconventional, fully synthetic, you know, all those variables play into a part
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I stick with the OEM. And yeah, I think biggest thing, marine and the right viscosity
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Make sure you're using the right viscosity for wherever you're at. That's, that would be my two main things that I would say
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