Hello!
I'm new to this forum and new to boating also.
I just got a boat few days ago , I'm in chicago land area and just winterized it.
In the spring I'm planing on replacing the oil and oil filter and the drive oil .
I work on all my cars and I'm mechanically inclined and I'm planing on doing all the service on the boat also.
Now I went to the merc dealer and they are asking $ 3.80 for a quart of merc 25w40 .
I'm not going to pay that much for a regular oil , when I can get synthetic oil for around $6.00
I'm asking you guys what's the best oil and filter for the money.
the boat it's a 2000 sea ray with the merc 3.0
What I was thinking it's to get the mobil 1 advance syn 10w40 and mobil 1 filter.
Any of you guys using this??please let me know.
Also how much oil I need ??? I don't have the owner's manual.
Second, from what I read , it's not good to mix reg oil with syn oil so how am I gonna do the change?? put syn and do a short run then drain it out or ??? so it will mix with the remaining reg oil and then drain it all .
And then put syn again and use it.
Any response will be appreciated.
Thanks
I'm new to this forum and new to boating also.
I just got a boat few days ago , I'm in chicago land area and just winterized it.
In the spring I'm planing on replacing the oil and oil filter and the drive oil .
I work on all my cars and I'm mechanically inclined and I'm planing on doing all the service on the boat also.
Now I went to the merc dealer and they are asking $ 3.80 for a quart of merc 25w40 .
I'm not going to pay that much for a regular oil , when I can get synthetic oil for around $6.00
I'm asking you guys what's the best oil and filter for the money.
the boat it's a 2000 sea ray with the merc 3.0
What I was thinking it's to get the mobil 1 advance syn 10w40 and mobil 1 filter.
Any of you guys using this??please let me know.
Also how much oil I need ??? I don't have the owner's manual.
Second, from what I read , it's not good to mix reg oil with syn oil so how am I gonna do the change?? put syn and do a short run then drain it out or ??? so it will mix with the remaining reg oil and then drain it all .
And then put syn again and use it.
Any response will be appreciated.
Thanks