I have twin 1990 Evinrude 225HP engines that I have been told to use 3 different types of oil. I used to use the purple oil but a friend of mine moved from an Evinrude FICHT to a Mercury engine and had about 40 gallons left in his 55 gallon drum of FICHT oil so I called Evinrude (Bombardier) and asked if I could use FICHT oil in my older outboards. The sales guy transferred me to a Tech Engineer, he told me that I should be using FICHT oil as it burns much cleaner than the older purple oil. He also said I could mix the two with no issues. I used the FICHT oil until I used up the rest of the drum.
Three years ago I took the boat in to have the engines looked at because they had been smoking a lot and when at idle they would stall out regularly. The mechanic told me the problem was with the FICHT oil, it was thinner than the old purple oil so the VRO pumps were regulated to pump the thicker (higher viscosity) oil and was pumping to much oil into the cylinders causing the engines to smoke more and run rough at idle. I switched back to the purple oil and the smoking and idle problem went away.
This spring after I emptied all three of my 2 1/2 gallon of purple bulk oil containers I dropped them off at a local marina who is an Evinrude dealer. I told the guy which engines I had and when I went back to pick up the filled containers I noticed the oil was now green. I asked the parts guy why they weren't filled with the purple oil and he had the mechanic come to the parts counter to talk to me. This mechanic (not the same one that told me to use the purple oil) told me I should be using the green oil, one is XD30 and other is XD50 but I don't recall which color is which. I told the mechanic that the factory told me I should be using FICHT but I had problems with this oil, he agreed that the FICHT oil wouldn't cause any damage but I should be using the green oil.
I filled up my oil reservoirs that were half full of purple oil with now the green oil, I'm hoping there wasn't a problem mixing them because I didn't ask about the mechanic about mixing the purple with the green. I didn't notice anything different with the engines yesterday and I ran about 25 miles and everything seemed fine.
Can anyone tell me which is the right oil I should be using?? What color is XD50 and XD30 and what is the difference between the two??
Thanks, Russ
Three years ago I took the boat in to have the engines looked at because they had been smoking a lot and when at idle they would stall out regularly. The mechanic told me the problem was with the FICHT oil, it was thinner than the old purple oil so the VRO pumps were regulated to pump the thicker (higher viscosity) oil and was pumping to much oil into the cylinders causing the engines to smoke more and run rough at idle. I switched back to the purple oil and the smoking and idle problem went away.
This spring after I emptied all three of my 2 1/2 gallon of purple bulk oil containers I dropped them off at a local marina who is an Evinrude dealer. I told the guy which engines I had and when I went back to pick up the filled containers I noticed the oil was now green. I asked the parts guy why they weren't filled with the purple oil and he had the mechanic come to the parts counter to talk to me. This mechanic (not the same one that told me to use the purple oil) told me I should be using the green oil, one is XD30 and other is XD50 but I don't recall which color is which. I told the mechanic that the factory told me I should be using FICHT but I had problems with this oil, he agreed that the FICHT oil wouldn't cause any damage but I should be using the green oil.
I filled up my oil reservoirs that were half full of purple oil with now the green oil, I'm hoping there wasn't a problem mixing them because I didn't ask about the mechanic about mixing the purple with the green. I didn't notice anything different with the engines yesterday and I ran about 25 miles and everything seemed fine.
Can anyone tell me which is the right oil I should be using?? What color is XD50 and XD30 and what is the difference between the two??
Thanks, Russ
