Synthetic two-cycle oil

[Genie Aye]

Originally Posted by captpete13

I don't know. $38 for a gallon of Yamalube compaired to $18 for a gallon of Penzoil at Walmart. I used to be a hardcore believer of Yamalube but at those prices you would be a fool to run it.

You can either chose longevity on your investment or not.

My engine has a setting for the XD100 that allows you to burn less oil---one way or another you pay!

Yes I pay around $38 a gallon for my oil and am lucky to burn 5 gallons a year at around 400 hrs a year. Cheap insurance on a $15,000 motor, IMHO.

[RidgeRunner]

The lack of oil consumption using the XD100 is crazy good. I agree that it would be foolish to risk a powerhead by saving a few bucks on oil. Penzoil would be my go to stuff on premix motors. I met a go fast dealer in Florida that swears by the Wally World oil in his Opti's. And he could afford to pay for whatever oil he wanted. He believes it to be a better product. ???

[jasoncooperpcola]

I used to run two stroke oil 200:1 in my 6.5 diesel. When i first started it, I had some Xd30 and run that. My mpg went up 1mpg. Then i ran out and bought wallyworld oil. Mpg went back down 1mpg. I was trying to save my injection pump till tax time. That goes to show that you really get what you pay for in oil. My injection pump was fine. Turned out all three nuts were loose and it was rotating a little bit and overfueling the engine. For a while my V had a soot black bow on the starboard side. I did replace the pump and been running OptiLube xpd ever since. The xpd gives me 1mpg more just like the xd30. Only the xpd costs $28 per quart shipped from cali. I have already bought a gallon of Merc oil for my 2.5l. That is all i plan to run in it. To me its worth the peace of mind k owing i have a manufacturer recommended oil and i wont be cheap when it comes to two stroke oil. That oil the only thing keeping your engine running and 40+ miles offshore i prefer the peace of mind.