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The title says it all what and why oil do you use on your Mercury?
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The cheapest one that says API GL-5....Marine hypoid 90 or 80w90.
West Marine brand or Sierra tend to be the cheapest. Don't find hypoid 90 in auto stores anymore.
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1984 V20 "Express" & 2003 Suzuki DF140 (SOLD!) 2000 GradyWhite 265 Express YouTube/SkunkBoat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4F...znGospVOD6EJuw Transom Rebuild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEz94NbKCh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_ZmPOUCNc |
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Skunkboat,did you ever use pennzoil 80-90 ? That's what I'm using but when I drain it it looks like the color of antifreeze, that light green, so I think I'm going back to quick silver 90 weight. What do you think?
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gear lube? I've been using the sierra synthetic blend hi-performance with good results, I go thru about 150 gallons of it a year. Bel Ray is no more so I bought a years supply of it discounted, its what I'm using now.Its a little darker green than the Sierra and feels thicker. Bel ray used to make Mercruiser hi performance gear lube. I use Sierra GL-5 full synthetic for the Volvo drives, it holds up better than Volvo OEM gear lube
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I've never seen gear oil come out light green like antifreeze.
usually its almost as blue as when it went in....maybe slightly grey-greener
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1984 V20 "Express" & 2003 Suzuki DF140 (SOLD!) 2000 GradyWhite 265 Express YouTube/SkunkBoat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4F...znGospVOD6EJuw Transom Rebuild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEz94NbKCh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_ZmPOUCNc |
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Skunkboat I know,it goes in like a brownish color and comes out a greenish color, it's not milky it just doesn't look right to me. Somethings not right. I did a water pump and base change this weekend maybe the base was letting water in? It's not been changed since 1988 the base I'm talking about
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You can still find Valvoline Hypoid 80-90w in most auto stores. I usually buy it from Walmart.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) ![]() Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. |
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