Hello folks.<br /><br />First off Thank you so much for the good replies I've gotten on a couple of previous questions. I've got another one though.<br /><br />I've only run this motor a few times and she's running fairly well and always starts with no problem. I've been running 24:1 fuel/oil mix. Like I said, she runs well but smokes A LOT ! I've been told be a couple of people that if I run a particular oil by OMC that I can cut it back to 50:1. This sounds like it might help with the smoking. But I'm concerned about burning up my mill. <br />Have any of you ever done this ? I know this may cost more for a better quality oil. That's not really a concern. My concern is with the amount of CRAP I'm putting into the environment every time I run her. If this is safe to do, I think I might try it. It makes a lot of sense that if I can burn HALF as much oil, that's HALF as much that I'll be dumping into the environment.<br /><br />Thanks for any input.<br /><br />John
) Plus, I just think it looks cool on the water ! Whenever I'm out running around with it, I see a lot of people looking at it and such. I've had people come up and start talking to me about it. I think it's a very nice design.