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I won a gallon of Evinrude XD-30, so I am using that up for now. I was using Mystic/Citgo Sea&Sno synthetic blend with great success. I later realized it was not TCW-III rated. I couldn’t figure why it was not rated for that, and yet protects watercraft and snowmobiles that operate at 10,000 RPM etc. Also rated for lawn mowers, leaf blowers……etc. 😕 I then went with Pennzoil, but felt it smoked more than the sea & sno. I tried Mystic TCW-III oil, and has been fine, but I really like the synthetic blends. I have to feel that they protect better, but Citgo/Mystic didn’t want to endure the cost of TCW-III rating. Great article about the oils on the net I read recently, I just can’t remember where. 🙄 I run most of my motors at 48:1 (1 pint to 6 gallon) as recommended my Mercury/OMC. (All of my motors with full roller bearings get 48:1) I try to not over oil as I feel as ShoestringMariner stated. I love the waters I run in, and want to be as responsible as I can be. I run my FD-10 at 24:1 and my Fleetwin’s a bit richer at 20:1 with good results. I may go back to the sea & sno, have not made up my mind.
Steve