Nope, just fog it and put it away. Nothing wrong with the oil that's in it.

"Toller" wrote in message
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I bought a Honda 4 stroke 2hp motor 6 years ago. The first required
maintenance is at 10 hours; changing the engine oil and the gear case oil.
I used it for about 2 hours and then put it in storage because I sold the
boat I used it on.
I drained the gas, changed the engine oil and the gear case oil.

This year I bought a new boat and put another 2 hours on it, and am
putting it away for the winter.
Should I bother changing the oils? It isn't called for even once for
another 6 hours, and I have already done it once.
On the other hand, I don't want to wreck an expensive motor for a little
oil.
Whatcha think?

jamesgangnc wrote:

Nope, just fog it and put it away. Nothing wrong with the oil that's in it.


I had the same concern with my 4-stroke having put only about 12 hours on
it this season. How come we are getting two radically different opinions here?
Can someone resolve this issue?

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:04:02 -0500, sherwindu
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jamesgangnc wrote:

Nope, just fog it and put it away. Nothing wrong with the oil that's in it.


I had the same concern with my 4-stroke having put only about 12 hours on
it this season. How come we are getting two radically different opinions here?
Can someone resolve this issue?

I'll be glad to resolve the issue.

Change the friggin' oil.

Have a good day.

"sherwindu" wrote in message
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jamesgangnc wrote:

Nope, just fog it and put it away. Nothing wrong with the oil that's in
it.


I had the same concern with my 4-stroke having put only about 12 hours on
it this season. How come we are getting two radically different opinions
here?
Can someone resolve this issue?

"sherwindu" wrote in message
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jamesgangnc wrote:

Nope, just fog it and put it away. Nothing wrong with the oil that's in
it.


I had the same concern with my 4-stroke having put only about 12 hours on
it this season. How come we are getting two radically different opinions
here?
Can someone resolve this issue?

I called Honda; if they said to let it go I figured that would be
definitive. But they said to change it. I don't take that as resolving it
though; naturally they are going to take the conservative route to hold down
warranty claims.
But I am going to change it. Probably a waste of oil, but that beats a
waste of an engine.

"Toller" wrote in message
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"sherwindu" wrote in message
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jamesgangnc wrote:

Nope, just fog it and put it away. Nothing wrong with the oil that's in
it.


I had the same concern with my 4-stroke having put only about 12 hours on
it this season. How come we are getting two radically different opinions
here?
Can someone resolve this issue?

I called Honda; if they said to let it go I figured that would be
definitive. But they said to change it. I don't take that as resolving
it though; naturally they are going to take the conservative route to hold
down warranty claims.
But I am going to change it. Probably a waste of oil, but that beats a
waste of an engine.

Good grief... what does it hold ..a thimble full?
If you lay the outboard up... do the winterizing schedule.. change oil, gear
lubricant, run some treated gas (with stabilizer) through the motor before
cutting off the supply. I'd also drain my fuel tank, fog my cylinder and
keep that tiny motor in the basement for the winter.

On Oct 10, 9:44 am, "Toller" wrote:
"sherwindu" wrote in message

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jamesgangnc wrote:

Nope, just fog it and put it away. Nothing wrong with the oil that's in
it.

I had the same concern with my 4-stroke having put only about 12 hours on
it this season. How come we are getting two radically different opinions
here?
Can someone resolve this issue?

I called Honda; if they said to let it go I figured that would be
definitive. But they said to change it. I don't take that as resolving it
though; naturally they are going to take the conservative route to hold down
warranty claims.
But I am going to change it. Probably a waste of oil, but that beats a
waste of an engine.

It is a waste of oil. Lets all waste oil. We can get more form the
middle east.

Of course honda said to change it. What did you expect? But there's
not enough combustion byproducts in that oil to make any difference.
It's not as if oil doesn't pretty much all the time have combustion
byproducts in it. As soon as you run it a little while you've got
combustion byproducts in your oil. So practically the entire life of
your engine you will have combustion byproducts in your oil. Is that
a problem? Don't think so.