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The low oil sensor is disconnected, since it will randomly shut the unit down in chop/turns ect…I just don’t want to be out 5 miles in a marsh and lose a bearing on the plus side I know others are using it and have never heard of one failing do to oil starvation. I do add more oil to it than...

I built a mud motor with a backwater 6.5hp ultralight kit. I used a predator 212 engine as there was nothing else available at the time. It’s mounted on a 12’ Jon boat and works great but I worry about the longevity of the engine since it is running constantly at a 10-20 degree angle. Will the...

I live in a pretty extreme environment, unfortunately I do have to start small engines in sub-zero (-35f is not uncommon) temps on occasion, usually in an emergency like starting generators during a power outage in blizzards ect... It’s actually pretty serious business because there’s no one to...

Buying essential supplies cheap and stacking them deep is not a mental disease. It’s foresight. I think it’s nuts not to be prepared and frankly oil is a tangible asset that’s a pretty good investment in our current economy. Waiting till something happens and panic buying is a whole different...

I was starting the mud motor on my boat the other day (212 predator engine 6.5hp) in 24 degree temperatures. Sure was glad I had switched it to synthetic oil, it was hard enough to pull over with the stiff grease in the drive shaft. Low temps and high temps are where synthetic oil shines but you...

Overkill, I was wrong about the oil pump, it’s a variable speed pump, not sure where I got the electric pump from.

Nope full on electric oil pump, 2.7 ho turbo

My 2022 trailboss has an electric oil pump that adjust for all sorts of things.

I’m up in North Dakota, it gets down to -40 every winter here. It’s used in tractors and the snow blower bearings ect… but honestly no grease will flow at that temp, I have to heat up the bearing and keep my grease guns in a heated building if I want to service them but for the most part I just...

Like a pastel teal blue

Lol

Wear gloves, lol

I have to say I love Lucas marine grease, you can pick it up at Walmart for$6-$8. I use it in everything including boat trailer hub bearings. It is the most sticky clingy grease I have worked with, I mean it sticks to everything and is a pain to get off your hands and clothes but that’s a small...

In response to the original posting. Seeing how 90% of lawnmower engines use oil splashers and have no oil pressure it seems to blow a big hole in the guys theory. Synthetic works better in pretty much everything mostly due to less thermal breakdown (or breakdown in general) and less varnish...

Changed the oil on my mud motor build. Built with a backwater 6.5 ultralight long shaft boat motor kit, I installed a harbor freight predator 212 6.5hp engine. I ran it for about an hour with some supertech 10w-30 synthetic I had laying around, it had lots of glitter in it which is totally...

I had a 2002 Corolla that used oil, I switched from 5w-30 to 0w-20 (supertech synthetic) and it eventually stopped using oil all together, I ran that car to nearly 300k miles, 200k on the 0w-20 oil, it was totaled in an accident. I’m sure It would still be on the road otherwise.

Is that a screen over the bypass valve? If so that’s pretty awesome.

For me, as a long time ST user with great success, I drew the line a turbocharged DI engines. I use mobile 1 ep for the two I own and still change the oil at 3-4K. The other vehicles aren’t as challenging of an environment for oil so I’m good with ST. Also as a rule of thumb any car that was...

I have a 2003 crv that has been in like 4 accidents (deer/ moron magnet), I’ve had to replace the a/c compressor x2 the power steering pump, the vvt valve on the back of the engine leaked, fixed it now it’s leaking again. The drive shaft u-joints failed and the cat converter failed. Oh and the...

If they were rebuilding it I would worry but a new complete transmission takes no skill to install. I would consider yourself lucky actually.