So...I always change my own oil and gear lubricant. I always use the Siera brand oil. I purchased a gallon of 10w-30 Premium blend 4 Stroke oil and another quart as well. I also purchase a quart of the Premium Blend marine gear lubricant. The containers look very similar. I changed the oil and put the gallon of oil in and then the quart, but when I went to change the Gear lubricant, I realized that I had put the quart of gear lube in the oil reservoir instead of the oil. The quart of oil was full and the quart of gear lube was empty.

My question is do I need to drain and through out the oil from the motor? I have not ran it yet. It basically has 4 quarts of oil and 1 quart of gear lube. I don't want to risk damage to my motor so I will drain it if needed. Just want someone's opinion on whether this will hurt or not.

Thanks
Marty

On Wed, 1 May 2019 18:35:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

So...I always change my own oil and gear lubricant. I always use the Siera brand oil. I purchased a gallon of 10w-30 Premium blend 4 Stroke oil and another quart as well. I also purchase a quart of the Premium Blend marine gear lubricant. The containers look very similar. I changed the oil and put the gallon of oil in and then the quart, but when I went to change the Gear lubricant, I realized that I had put the quart of gear lube in the oil reservoir instead of the oil. The quart of oil was full and the quart of gear lube was empty.

My question is do I need to drain and through out the oil from the motor? I have not ran it yet. It basically has 4 quarts of oil and 1 quart of gear lube. I don't want to risk damage to my motor so I will drain it if needed. Just want someone's opinion on whether this will hurt or not.

Thanks
Marty

I would rather have 5 quarts of WalMart 10-30 in my Yamaha than that
witch's brew you have. Drain it and write it off as a learning
experience.

On Wed, 1 May 2019 18:35:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

So...I always change my own oil and gear lubricant. I always use the Siera brand oil. I purchased a gallon of 10w-30 Premium blend 4 Stroke oil and another quart as well. I also purchase a quart of the Premium Blend marine gear lubricant. The containers look very similar. I changed the oil and put the gallon of oil in and then the quart, but when I went to change the Gear lubricant, I realized that I had put the quart of gear lube in the oil reservoir instead of the oil. The quart of oil was full and the quart of gear lube was empty.

My question is do I need to drain and through out the oil from the motor? I have not ran it yet. It basically has 4 quarts of oil and 1 quart of gear lube. I don't want to risk damage to my motor so I will drain it if needed. Just want someone's opinion on whether this will hurt or not.

Thanks
Marty

I thought about this more.
If you are willing to bet viscosity modifiers are linear and oil
viscosity averages you created 26-41 oil. Not horrible if you are in a
warm climate but I am not sure you can count on that

On Wed, 01 May 2019 21:55:06 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 1 May 2019 18:35:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

So...I always change my own oil and gear lubricant. I always use the Siera brand oil. I purchased a gallon of 10w-30 Premium blend 4 Stroke oil and another quart as well. I also purchase a quart of the Premium Blend marine gear lubricant. The containers look very similar. I changed the oil and put the gallon of oil in and then the quart, but when I went to change the Gear lubricant, I realized that I had put the quart of gear lube in the oil reservoir instead of the oil. The quart of oil was full and the quart of gear lube was empty.

My question is do I need to drain and through out the oil from the motor? I have not ran it yet. It basically has 4 quarts of oil and 1 quart of gear lube. I don't want to risk damage to my motor so I will drain it if needed. Just want someone's opinion on whether this will hurt or not.

Thanks
Marty

I would rather have 5 quarts of WalMart 10-30 in my Yamaha than that
witch's brew you have. Drain it and write it off as a learning
experience.

Concur. Cheap lesson.

On Wed, 01 May 2019 22:14:58 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 1 May 2019 18:35:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

So...I always change my own oil and gear lubricant. I always use the Siera brand oil. I purchased a gallon of 10w-30 Premium blend 4 Stroke oil and another quart as well. I also purchase a quart of the Premium Blend marine gear lubricant. The containers look very similar. I changed the oil and put the gallon of oil in and then the quart, but when I went to change the Gear lubricant, I realized that I had put the quart of gear lube in the oil reservoir instead of the oil. The quart of oil was full and the quart of gear lube was empty.

My question is do I need to drain and through out the oil from the motor? I have not ran it yet. It basically has 4 quarts of oil and 1 quart of gear lube. I don't want to risk damage to my motor so I will drain it if needed. Just want someone's opinion on whether this will hurt or not.

Thanks
Marty

I thought about this more.
If you are willing to bet viscosity modifiers are linear and oil
viscosity averages you created 26-41 oil. Not horrible if you are in a
warm climate but I am not sure you can count on that

Wouldn't concur unless I knew a lot more about the make-up of the oil. 'Willing to bet...' seems the
appropriate phrase here.

Betting an F-150 on $35 of oil seems like a no-brainer.