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.