Oil for 4-Stroke

[Steve F]

Just a question on what oil you use for your 4-stroke. I have 320 hours on my 90 HP Yamaha and I have been using Yamaha oil when I change it. I change the oil every 80 hours. Would it be OK to use a different kind of oil other then Yamaha oil. Thanks

[Durado]

......I use valvoline.[smile]

[BYRD]

castrol

[Bob H.]

I use Castrol Syntec in 3 cars and my bike. Boat's a 2-stroke. Royal Purple is another good synthetic I used in my race car engines.

[Steve F]

I just know it would be a little cheaper to use regular oil then the manufactures brand. I know that the synthetic oils are a little more but I have heard they are the better oil to use. I just don’t want to mess anything up in the motor by changing oil. Thanks guys

[KenCraft]

AMSOIL

[Bob H.]

Any engineered synthetic will offer more protection than petroleum based oil. If changed at proper intervals the petroleum based oils work fine. I use synthetics because I don't think twice about running my stuff to redline and keeping it there - but petroleum based olis tend to foam. Oil is only half of the equation. All filters are not created equal. The big name brands and the fancy words and pictures on the box don't tell you anything about the micron size of filtering. This is something they really don't want you know and has previously been in the limelight. Also, a magnetic drain plug or wrap magnet on the filter will tell you what's going on - except for the wrap magnet you have to cut the filter open to inspect.

[tunajim]

Steve, I have a 21 DLX with 115 yama - I use castrol, so far so good! JIM