On Jul 20, 3:16*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:41:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

If my memory serves me correctly, Herring asked what kind of oil to
use to 'fog' his outboard for winterizing and WD-40 was mentioned. You
can buy fogging oil and use it only to find out that cheap WD, STP,
Liqui-Drench, and any other penetrating oil contains about the same
qualities as a $9.95 can of "genuine" fogging oil.

The whole idea of fogging *is to leave a thin film of oil on the
pistons and cylinder walls to prevent corrosion. *Even microscopic
amounts of corrosion will eventually lead to shorter life. * That
said, WD-40 and penetrating oils are on the light side and evaporate
relatively quickly. * I used to winterize my old sailboat engine, a
flat head * * * gas engine, with Marvel Mystery oil. *It always
started right up in the spring and lasted a long time.

True, Wayne. And maybe I'm doing my engines a dis service by not
fogging them, but they seem to start easy and run fine with good
compression.

Oh, while you're hear, seeing you run detroit "jimmy's" What brand of
two stroke oil to you put in the crank cases?

?;^ Q