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My Suzuki recommends good ol' 10W-40. I just changed my oil and replaced it
with Semi-synthetic. "Larry W4CSC" wrote in message ... I was looking around at some of the engine maker websites and stumbled across the new Mercury Verado supercharged, 4-stroke, big outboards with their sequential, multi-port fuel injection and miles of other complexities to ensure you have zero chance of getting the damned thing running if it quits on the river, 35 miles from home. One of the REQUIREMENTS of this ultra-sophisticated piece of American ingenuity is its NMMA-certified FCW SAE 25W-40 motor oil. Of COURSE we couldn't just have a super-sophisticated new outboard motor that ran on just any old 4-stroke oil, like SAE SJ from Autozone. Oh, NO! We have to invent a whole new line of ultra-profitable, very limited availability motor oils you can only get at....guess where.....Your MERCURY dealer! Federal law provides that if they specify a BRAND of motor oil, they have to GIVE it to you for the life of the engine..... So, through the loophole, we invent a new motor oil of stupid miltiple viscosity and threaten to void your warranty, I'm sure, if you use SJ 15W-40 from Autozone. Don't suppose I'll be buying a Verado outboard.....or a Ficht....or an OptiMax....any time soon. Stupid manufacturers still haven't learned their lessons...... Search Google for "NMMA-certified FCW SAE 25W-40" and look at all 4 hits it gets on the whole internet.....all Mercury, of course. Wanna bet it's NOT $6/gallon? The damned thing holds EIGHT quarts of it! |
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