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Targa01

Posted 6/10/2007 9:36 AM (#260192 - in reply to #260002)
Subject: Re: 2 Cycle oil

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Location: Grand Rapids MN

I personally don't spend money on semi-syn's just because of some of the product info I know about and the percentage of 'syn' in the mix is quit low. That goes back to not having any public product information on each oil to make better decisions. Semi syn's fill a nitch or a void between conventionals and synthetics. There are many who can't justify spending $6-7/qt for syn's and with conventionals being around $2 there is a huge gap. But people are willing to by a semi-syn at $3-4 just to feel like they are doing more for their vehicles. I'm not sure who makes the Cabelas oil so I can't say anything about it. In most cases when you buy a semi-syn you are paying a higher price to have for exampel 10% of a Group III (synthetic crude oil) to be added to conventional Group II oils. The majority of the oil is conventional $2 oil. If you do not want to spend the money on a syn then buy a conventional oil of a well known manufacturer or the recommend oil for your outboard. In general a well known manufacturer has spent a lot of time and money to get to that status and would not compromise this by putting out a low grade product that could cause problems. I would pick an oil and try to stick with it. Best advice I could give.