what do you pay for?

Jon Brooks · 02 July 2008, 20:56

Hi guys,

Those of you that use it what do you pay for Evenrude XD50 oil?

Cheers

JABS · 02 July 2008, 22:21

Aout £23 for a US gallon, that is about four litres, I think.

Why??

Mollers · 02 July 2008, 22:30

I bought 2 cans of XD100 yesterday which are only 4Ltrs.

. I paid £34+VAT each. £80 total.

An Etec progged to run on XD100 is supposed to use less thus off-setting the extra cost over the XD50.

Hightower · 02 July 2008, 23:50

XD50 is £28 per US Gallon around here.

ian parkes · 02 July 2008, 23:55

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Originally Posted by Mollers

I bought 2 cans of XD100 yesterday which are only 4Ltrs.

. I paid £34+VAT each. £80 total.

An Etec progged to run on XD100 is supposed to use less thus off-setting the extra cost over the XD50.

thats not a bad price , they are certainly correct about not using much my 90 is very frugal with the stuff . In fact i reckon its using less oil than a 4 stroke taking regular oil changes into account .

Mollers · 03 July 2008, 07:32

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Originally Posted by ian parkes

thats not a bad price , they are certainly correct about not using much my 90 is very frugal with the stuff . In fact i reckon its using less oil than a 4 stroke taking regular oil changes into account .

Good, Mine yomped the 1st can full. Etecs double the oil input for the 1st 2 hours of running in. We'll see how much it uses from now on. She's on 13.8hrs now.

bedajim · 03 July 2008, 07:55

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Originally Posted by Mollers

Good, Mine yomped the 1st can full. Etecs double the oil input for the 1st 2 hours of running in. We'll see how much it uses from now on. She's on 13.8hrs now.

I remember being behind it (but only just), having my lungs checked next week, at least you can hear my Opti coming

mcinfantry · 03 July 2008, 12:42

btw, im paying u.s. $35 for xd100 per u.s. gallon

prairie tuber · 03 July 2008, 13:38

Does no other engine oil manufacturer make oil to this spec?

Mollers · 03 July 2008, 17:21

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Originally Posted by bedajim

I remember being behind it (but only just), having my lungs checked next week, at least you can hear my Opti coming

That's rich coming from an Opti owner!!

You and Brad were communicating via smoke signal.

She's now had a 35mm jack, so look out!

bedajim · 03 July 2008, 18:09

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Originally Posted by Mollers

That's rich coming from an Opti owner!!

You and Brad were communicating via smoke signal.

She's now had a 35mm jack, so look out!

We have to as we can't hear the vhf with the engine running, or the good lady

Mollers · 03 July 2008, 18:27

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Originally Posted by bedajim

We have to as we can't hear the vhf with the engine running, or the good lady

With my rib-raider arial I might need to resort to something similar.

Downhilldai · 03 July 2008, 18:41

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Originally Posted by bedajim

We have to as we can't hear the vhf with the engine running, or the good lady

That's why I chose an Opti.......and never switch it off

Mollers · 03 July 2008, 18:46

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Originally Posted by Downhilldai

That's why I chose an Opti.......and never switch it off

...and have the idle set at 3 grand!!!

Chris · 03 July 2008, 19:22

There is someone selling cases of 6 gallons on ebay in the US. the carriage is about £100 but even with this you save about £7 a gallon.

Mollers, if you are finding the Rib Raider to be a bit on the crap side then Vtronics also do a 1 meter Wip which is the same base as the Raider so you could easily swap over, I know Matt H did this and had good results.

Chris

ian parkes · 03 July 2008, 21:40

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Originally Posted by prairie tuber

Does no other engine oil manufacturer make oil to this spec?

Iam sure they do but it seems to be best kept secret in boating .

Iam not too bothered because the xd100 price is much the same as other top end 2 stroke oils and cheaper than many of the top brands .

Mollers · 03 July 2008, 23:10

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/evinrude-johns...d=p3286.c0.m14

Here's a cheap can for someone local.