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Old 05-17-2013, 08:24 PM
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Just started running these opti's last year. The oil I had been buying is a blue-ish purple, asked a friend to pick some up for me and it has a brownish color. This is all bulk oil. Anybody got some insight?
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Old 05-17-2013, 09:21 PM
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Assuming , the oil you have been buying is Mercury oil(or quicksilver) the Blue oil is premium plus and the brown is DFI . DFI oil is a synthetic blend , it is also what Mercury recommends now in all Optimax engines due to it being a cleaner burning oil with less carbon deposits
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Old 05-17-2013, 09:21 PM
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Doesn't sound like 2stroke oil
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Old 05-18-2013, 06:29 AM
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It's brown for opti oil it's supposed to be that color
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Old 05-18-2013, 07:12 AM
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Dang! I was told for my proxs just to run premium plus and it would be suitable for warranty purposes.. As long as it was premium Plus..Ive seen the DFI oil and called Chris Marine about it and was reassured that premium plus was good enough??


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Old 05-18-2013, 06:41 PM
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Dang! I was told for my proxs just to run premium plus and it would be suitable for warranty purposes.. As long as it was premium Plus..Ive seen the DFI oil and called Chris Marine about it and was reassured that premium plus was good enough??


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Premium plus is suitable for warranty purposes
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Old 05-18-2013, 07:12 PM
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Premium plus is suitable for warranty purposes
My mechanic said premium plus was good also.
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Old 05-19-2013, 01:17 PM
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I read somewhere that the penzoil premium plus was ok for Optis too. Anybody heard this?
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I read somewhere that the penzoil premium plus was ok for Optis too. Anybody heard this?
That's what I run in my Opti.
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Old 05-20-2013, 01:39 PM
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I run citgo acadamy oil in my 225 opti and never had issues. Thats what eric rue told me to run had he runs four boats.
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Gotta order it but you won't find a better oil....

http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-produc...-2-stroke-oil/
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i have been running quick silver prem. plus in my opti for 7 years now, no problems yet. ( knock on wood) Academy got it on sale this week $3 off per gallon!
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I run quicksilver premium for my Merc. 225
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I run the optimax oil in my tohatsu and its brown.
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Yep Quick silver premium in my ProXS 250
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