On Fri, 2 May 2008 19:19:19 -0400, "Billgran" <billgranbillgran@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Paul" <pauln3ncb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>news:72304599-32ea-402e-bb22-1940e5d1ad50@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> http://home.comcast.net/~team_dougherty/results/results.html
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>> From my limited knowledge of oil I would say of the 5 tested they are
>> all pretty much the same. With the exception of mercury and yamaha
>> brand. they have molybdenum in them. Not alot but some.
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>Some years back I wrote an article for Bass and Walleye Boats Magazine
about
>the differences between TC-W3 oils and did some home-brew testing. There
>were element results just like your charts, but those don't mean a thing
>because they only show a few of the items in a lubricant formula. Just
>showing basic elements do not do a thing. Some TC-W3 oils use organic
>nitrogen based additives and others use metallic based items, and the
>organics do not show up on those limited tests.
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>If you had some food analyzed and the scientist told you that an item
>contained a poisonous gas and an explosive element that would burn you
>terribly if you touched it, would you eat it? You probably wouldn't,
right?
>
>Well, the poisonous gas is chlorine and the burning element is sodium.
>Combined they form sodium chloride, basically table salt. Now you have a
>tasty and harmless substance from two potentially killer ingredients.
That
>is why elemental testing on oils is just for contaminents and a trend
over
>time (multiple tests) showing the internal wear of an engine.
>
>TC-W3 oils contain hundreds of ingredients if you want to count them all,
>solvents, dyes, base oils, and various additives.
>
>The moly you mention is not the solid particles like Slick 50 had in it,
but
>it is part of a compound that has about 20 letters in the name. It is
used
>as an anti-oxident as well as anti- wear in the oils.
>
>TC-W3 requires that each certified oil have it's own unique formula and
>cannot be one that is already approved. There is a lot of oil testing
info
>on www.nmma.org
>
>Bill Grannis
>service manager
>
Bill, I just bought a new Key West with a Yamaha 150 hp 4 stroke. In your
opinion, should I even consider using an oil other than the Yamaha oil
recommended for the engine?
--
John *H*
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