flapbreaker
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Wow, I feel like I've taken an oil bath. :lol: Good information from very qualified folks. Thanks for all the detailed info.
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Dora~Jean":ld86yupw said:I cross-referenced my '03 Yamaha 80 filter at Kragen. I use Fram's highest quality equivalent to model PH6017A (Yamaha 3FV-13440-10). I change the filter with every oil change. Another equiv is 5GH-13440, don't know mfr.
I just found the K&N KN-303 is also a Yamaha 3FV-13440-10 filter equivalent. Fits Yamaha outboards, motorcycles, and a bunch of other stuff. Dunno how it rates compared to Fram or genuine Yamaha, but I do intend to find out.
Don
Patrick (Cosmic C) - you certainly know your oils. This is not meant to start an argument with you and I would not dispute any thing you say, but while I have not had the formal education in oils you have, I base my opinions on my experiences.
My last engine failure was in 1974 on a 1972 International Scout. That was the year I started using DELO400. The Scout had 33,000 miles on it and it had a bad clicking noise in the engine. The dealer told me I needed an engine rebuild and it was 3,000 miles over the warranty. A old oil man suggested I use DELO400 in it and drive it until it quits. 110,000 miles later it was still going when I sold it.
My vehicles are run hard and put away wet. I do not baby them. The last vehicle I sold was a 1992 Jeep Cherokee 4 L. I towed a flatbed trailer loaded with lumber weighing 6500 lbs from Olympia to South central Washington several times a month. The Jeep spent a quarter of those miles on rough logging roads. I changed the oil in it, between 7 and 10,000 miles.
As I stated in an earlier post, 300,000+ miles is not uncommon for me to put on a vehicle before selling it. I consider it just broke in at 150,000 miles.
When Mobil 1 or some other kind of oil will give me better service than that, I will think about using it.
My last engine failure was in 1974 on a 1972 International Scout. That was the year I started using DELO400. The Scout had 33,000 miles on it and it had a bad clicking noise in the engine. The dealer told me I needed an engine rebuild and it was 3,000 miles over the warranty. A old oil man suggested I use DELO400 in it and drive it until it quits. 110,000 miles later it was still going when I sold it.
My vehicles are run hard and put away wet. I do not baby them. The last vehicle I sold was a 1992 Jeep Cherokee 4 L. I towed a flatbed trailer loaded with lumber weighing 6500 lbs from Olympia to South central Washington several times a month. The Jeep spent a quarter of those miles on rough logging roads. I changed the oil in it, between 7 and 10,000 miles.
As I stated in an earlier post, 300,000+ miles is not uncommon for me to put on a vehicle before selling it. I consider it just broke in at 150,000 miles.
When Mobil 1 or some other kind of oil will give me better service than that, I will think about using it.
Have used this stuff for years in everything I own.
I swear by it.
http://www.prolong.com/Main.aspx
click on "about us" then "technology"
there is also a video near the bottom of the page.
James
I swear by it.
http://www.prolong.com/Main.aspx
click on "about us" then "technology"
there is also a video near the bottom of the page.
James
Aftermarket oil filters will void your engine warranty .Its not worth it . Almost every 4 stroke catastrophic failure we have seen has had an aftermarket filter on it . Its kind of coincidental cause my service manager and I were speking about it this morning . Marine engines also run cooler than automotive engines which is why the have marine specs for oil .
Marc
Marc