On Sep 28, 8:45*am, (N.L. Eckert) wrote:
A number of years ago, there was an article in one of the popular
boating magazines about this. * The article recommended Shalers Rislone
and gave a lengthy story about why its *a good smoking lube. * At the
time, *I had a boat with a pair of 188 HP Graymarine engines and every
spring I had a few sticky valves when I fired up for the first time. *I
began smoking with Rislone and no more sticky valves. *The article went
on to say that Risone will stick to the cylinder walls and coat the
valves. *Regular 30 weight oil will drain down over the winter. * I
still use it on my smaller engine, *a *5.0 *OMC Cobra. * Hope this helps
someone. *
Happy boating, *Norm

Thanks Norm.

I'd like to read that article. It's probably floating around on the
web somewhere.