Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

My brother called me aboiut it,a nd I honestly don't know. I winterize
my boats (both GM engines) and really never gave it much thought,
seeing they only get stored about 5 mo. out of the year. and with
exception of drainging water and flushing wwith the "pink stuff'
pulling the battery and making sure the carb and fuel have a generous
amount of stabilizers, I've never fogged my engines, but he's thinking
of long storage.


Is there special oil? or simply give it a healthy shot of penetrating
oil?

I don't know.




Thanks!

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:15:46 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Is there special oil? or simply give it a healthy shot of penetrating
oil?

Penetrating oil is too thin and evaporates quickly. You need
something that's going to stay around after coating the cylinders,
valves and pistons with corrosion inhibitors.

Here are a few:

http://www.boatersworld.com/product/176130524.htm

http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com...l-p-66136.html

http://www.autobarn.net/sta-bil-fogging-oil.html

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

On Sep 25, 7:15*pm, Tim wrote:
My brother called me aboiut it,a nd I honestly don't know. I winterize
my boats (both GM engines) and really never gave it much thought,
seeing they only get stored about 5 mo. out of the year. and with
exception of drainging water and flushing wwith the "pink stuff'
pulling the battery and making sure the carb and fuel have a generous
amount of stabilizers, I've never fogged my engines, but he's thinking
of long storage.

Is there special oil? or simply give it a healthy shot of penetrating
oil?

I don't know.

Thanks!

I don't recall reading of tests on various fogging sprays.

Seasonal storage using most available fogging sprays (killing the
engine by spraying it into the carb) will be fine.

If the boat/engine is going to be stored long term (longer than a fall/
winter season) as you suggest I would use any commonly available
fogging spray followed by several drops of engine oil into the
cylinders (removing spark plugs) and manually pumping the engine a
couple of times to lubricate the cylinders with that oil.

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

thanks guys, I really didn't know there was genuine fog oil. Or at
least, an oil labeled for that purpose.

Tim

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

On Sep 26, 7:41*am, Tim wrote:
thanks guys, I really didn't know there was genuine fog oil. Or at
least, an oil labeled for that purpose.

Tim

I use Evinrude's stuff just because I have a friend who works boat
shows and always has a handle on Evinrude stuff!

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

On Sep 25, 7:15*pm, Tim wrote:
My brother called me aboiut it,a nd I honestly don't know. I winterize
my boats (both GM engines) and really never gave it much thought,
seeing they only get stored about 5 mo. out of the year. and with
exception of drainging water and flushing wwith the "pink stuff'
pulling the battery and making sure the carb and fuel have a generous
amount of stabilizers, I've never fogged my engines, but he's thinking
of long storage.

Is there special oil? or simply give it a healthy shot of penetrating
oil?

I don't know.

Thanks!

For really long storage I would pull the plugs and put some 30wt in
the cylinders and crank it over a bit.

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

On Sep 25, 7:18*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:15:46 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Is there special oil? or simply give it a healthy shot of penetrating
oil?

Penetrating oil is too thin and evaporates quickly. *You need
something that's going to stay around after coating the cylinders,
valves and pistons with corrosion inhibitors.

Here are a few:

http://www.boatersworld.com/product/176130524.htm

http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com...gging-oil-12-o...

http://www.autobarn.net/sta-bil-fogging-oil.html

Interesting. i told my brother about these, and He picked some up
today. Oddly enough, he had to go to Menards for some hardware and
just happened to walk by their small "automotive" section, and found
it Penzoil brand. i didnt' ask him how much the stuff was but anyhow,
he walked out with a few cans.

Thanks for posting that, Wayne.

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

A number of years ago, there was an article in one of the popular
boating magazines about this. The article recommended Shalers Rislone
and gave a lengthy story about why its a good smoking lube. At the
time, I had a boat with a pair of 188 HP Graymarine engines and every
spring I had a few sticky valves when I fired up for the first time. I
began smoking with Rislone and no more sticky valves. The article went
on to say that Risone will stick to the cylinder walls and coat the
valves. Regular 30 weight oil will drain down over the winter. I
still use it on my smaller engine, a 5.0 OMC Cobra. Hope this helps
someone.
Happy boating, Norm

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

On Sep 28, 8:45*am, (N.L. Eckert) wrote:
A number of years ago, there was an article in one of the popular
boating magazines about this. * The article recommended Shalers Rislone
and gave a lengthy story about why its *a good smoking lube. * At the
time, *I had a boat with a pair of 188 HP Graymarine engines and every
spring I had a few sticky valves when I fired up for the first time. *I
began smoking with Rislone and no more sticky valves. *The article went
on to say that Risone will stick to the cylinder walls and coat the
valves. *Regular 30 weight oil will drain down over the winter. * I
still use it on my smaller engine, *a *5.0 *OMC Cobra. * Hope this helps
someone. *
Happy boating, *Norm

Thanks Norm.

I'd like to read that article. It's probably floating around on the
web somewhere.

Whats the best brand of "fogging" oil?
 

A number of years ago, there was an article in one of the popular
boating magazines about this. * The article recommended Shalers
Rislone and gave a lengthy story about why its *a good smoking lube.
* At the time, *I had a boat with a pair of 188 HP Graymarine
engines and every spring I had a few sticky valves when I fired up for
the first time. *I began smoking with Rislone and no more sticky
valves. *The article went on to say that Risone will stick to the
cylinder walls and coat the valves. *Regular 30 weight oil will drain
down over the winter. * I still use it on my smaller engine, *a
*5.0 *OMC Cobra. * Hope this helps someone. *
Happy boating, *Norm
Thanks Norm.
I'd like to read that article. It's probably floating around on the web
somewhere.
================================
Hi Tim, This article was back in the late 60s and I believe it was in
Rudder magazine. I'm not sure if Rudder is still publishing or not. I
haven't seen it in a long time, but it was a good, informative mag when
I subscribed to it.