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Actually it does. You might not use your boat in the winter but lots of commercial guys do. In the marine construction and dredging business these work skiffs and other outboard powered small boats are used year round. Dredging season up here is November through March. I can tell you about...

While I have used Hipa stuff in the past it has been limited to stuff like fuel line for handheld stuff and those fuel fitters that go in the end of said line in the tank. This was only on old no name stuff like a 30 year old weedeater trimmer or a craftsman hedge trimmer or some other old...

Thats a pretty good price for 2 stroke oil of any kind these days. The XPS stuff for my Skidoo is going for about $75 a gallon these days. I am paying over $80 a gallon for Echo red armor oil (yes I buy it in gallons because it’s much much cheaper than in smaller quantities) this year. I...

If you take care of it and change the oil every year and most importantly check the oil level before each use it will probably outlast you. Especially considering you aren’t going to put many hours on it much since you have a rider. However I would highly recommend doing the first oil change...

Look at the numbers on it, the 4ball weld is only 400kg vs 800kg for EAG and the 4 ball wear scar is larger then the Cat EAG at .46 vs .39. Red line doesn’t even publish water washout numbers for this grease. Generally if a grease is suitable for both chassis and high speed rolling element...

What is your definition of cold/very cold temperatures? Around here it rarely gets much below 0 degrees F and typical low temperatures are in the teens 90 percent of the winter with highs in the 20s and 30s. Hardly what I would call cold weather let alone very cold weather. The Cat extreme...

I have heard about the disaster with Mobil 1 aviation oil and 100LL fuel that resulted in horrible lead sludge accumulation that destroyed many GA aircraft engines. This resulted in many lawsuits against Mobil and synthetic oil being pulled from the GA market and no one has dared to release...

Unless you are adjusting the carbs mixture for each different fuel and oil then you won’t know anything. It could simply be running richer or leaner on one of the other. If you’re not using a racing gasoline the same brand pump gas can vary widely from batch to batch. Even the octane can...

Moly grease is fine to use (you should be using it) in U joints. U joints are not high speed rolling element bearings! You absolutely need to use at least a 5 percent moly grease preferably a calcium sulphonate grease in all chassis joints. I use Cat extreme application grease in a #2 grade in...

If they won’t publish any test results then don’t buy the product! This tells me that it either sucks or they frequently change the recipe. I use Cat Extreme Application grease #2 in all my ball joints, and other chassis parts including driveshaft slip yokes and U joints. Just don’t use it in...

This is a terrible idea! Things like ball joints and other low speed heavy load and high shock things need an EP grease with a high moly percentage (at least 5 percent) if you want them to last. On the other hand high speed rolling element bearings like wheel bearings can be destroyed by such...

Are people really buying this stuff for over $30 a gallon? I am at a loss for words as to how or why anyone would spend $30 a gallon or more on 93 octane gasoline? Hell i can get 118 octane leaded gas for less! Even if you only use 40 gallons of gas in your small engines a year you do realize...

I am a big fan of red armor oil. It’s a little pricey but it burns very clean and lubricates very well. I always run it 40-1 and have zero issues with carbon buildup even on things like trimmers that see a lot of low speed low load operation. If you buy red armor by the gallon it isn’t nearly as...