Re: 2 cycle oil question
I have bought a lot of bulk oil from the local OMC/BRP and Mercury dealers, but haven't bought other major brands such as Bombardier, Yammie, etc. I've also bought a bunch of different other brands of TCW3, and I've never seen golden/yellow color, it's always blue, green or purple, as far as I can remember. You might call the store and ask what brand of bulk oil and just double check to make sure it's right. I have no reason to distrust a marine dealer, but people make mistakes all the time; maybe they have non-TCW3 oil in bulk and someone accidently filled your container with it.<br /><br />Some other sources of good, brand name, oil, but often cheaper - look for Castrol Super Outboard TCW3 or Havoline - you can often get cases of quarts or gallons for a good price. I've bought some Quicksilver in gallons at Sam's Club for a good price as well. I tend to buy "not the cheapest" and look for "name brands" (no objective reason though), but shop and change brands depending on what's on sale. When I run out of my fairly large supply of the above Castrol and Quicksilver, I'm going to run a few quarts of something really cheap like the Supertech, just to see if I can observe any differences in low and high speed performance, or smoke and smell. I'm of the opinikon that any TCW3 oil is probably just fine in terms of wear and tear, but there might be differences in smoke, smell and performance. I haven't personally observed this yet though.
