brands of oil??

[Doug H.]

WHAT WEIGHT OF OIL DO YOU GUYS RUN IN YOUR JET BOAT AND WHY? SYNTHETIC? OR BLEND? 10-30 OR STRAIGHT 30?

[MAXIMUS]

I use Torco straight 50 weight.

[Squirtcha?]

Valvoline 20W50 full synthetic.

[GlastronGuy]

I had been running Torco 20W50. The last time I bought oil, no one had it. I bought Valvoline VR1 Racing, 20W50. It actually seemed to hold up a little better than the Torco.
I also run Pro Blend additive.

[Eric455]

valvoline 40w. strait. "racing" and nothing but.
eric

[BK]

GlastronGuy:
Valvoline VR1 Racing, 20W50.Me too

[HammerDown]

Kendall GT 20-50 cooler months...50Wt mid Summer.

[sanger mike]

KENDALL GT-1 50W because I spin my motor at 6400 RPM. :D

[HBjet]

I will be running Royal Purple this season, I've heard nothing but good things about it!
HBjet

[Jbb]

Valvoline straight 40 wt racing+ Prolong

[GlastronGuy]

HBjet:
I will be running Royal Purple this season, I've heard nothing but good things about it!
HBjet Sounds like a gay lube product.
http://www.generalrepair.com/images/royal%20purple%20logo.jpg

[Jet City]

I prefere straight 40 weight, I've used Napa premium (made by Valvoline), Valvoline Racing, Royal Purple and currently useing Kendall, they all seem to work well.

[uglystick]

KENDALL 20/50 ALL THE TIME.

[Beautiful Noise]

Kendall GT 20-50 for Me :D
Steve

[wfodude]

Kendall straight 50....Looks pretty when it's diluted with Alky...Gas motors usually get 20-50 Valvoline racing. And dont forget the filter....Wix or napa gold ..the best made..Besides my system 1 which I love because it just gets washed and re-used

[HammerDown]

Kendall Fan here for a looooong time. Kinda wish it was still Green though!

[LakesOnly]

For a petroleum-based product, I'd run the Kendall.
For a synthetic lubricant I run Amsoil exclusively because it is an ester-based synthetic.
LO

[jim@pj]

There is a lot of good brands out there but I recommend at least using 20/50 wt. The reason is that with most average jet boaters the engine won't be warmed up properly before getting into the throttle. In a jet boat it takes 5-10 minutes to get the oil up to temperature at no wake speeds,longer with a cooler. I haven't heard of any problems runnig hard with cold oil, I think that it just makes sense to be cautious. I use Valoline 20/50 racing oil. We use Mobile 1 synthetic in the sprint car engine as recommended by Shaver racing engines for running alcolhol. Fram HP series filters flow at a higher rate of volume and pressure so we sell those. . Jim

[Doug H.]

now that i have your attention, please explain to me why some of you run straight grades -vs- multi weights -vs- synthetics because many of you have different weights, is one better then another? maybe the answer is "it probably doesn't matter" or does it???

[Beautiful Noise]

Doug,See jim@pj Reply as far as Multigrade oil's your never going to run Hot enough to make the 50Grade.
Steve
[ April 26, 2003, 12:58 PM: Message edited by: Beautiful Noise ]

[058]

Whatever Cosco has on sale. Just picked up 22 cases of Chevron 10-30 and 20-50 @ $7.69/case