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Yamalube 2M vs. 2W
Yamalube oils offer unrivaled quality and ensure that your engine remains in excellent condition throughout its lifespan. However, when it comes to comparing two Yamalube oils, like Yamalube 2M oil and Yamalube 2W oil, it’s not so easy to make a distinction. When selecting a Yamalube oil for your engine, first consider the kind of [...]
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Benefits of Yamalube 2-S Oil
The Yamalube brand of motor oil for use in snowmobiles, ATVs, and motorcycles has a number of unique benefits that conventional motor oils do not. Yamaha formulated their Yamalube 2S oil to withstand intense conditions, and help to preserve the longevity of the engine. Here are a few of the more well documented benefits of [...]
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Fuel Efficiency with Yamaha WaveRunners
Yamaha is the leading manufacturer of personal watercraft in the world, and has taken great effort to design fuel efficient and clean burning engines. The Yamaha WaveRunner brand of personal watercraft has changed the face of the industry, with newer models capable of saving consumers hundreds of dollars each year in fuel costs compared to [...]
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Purchasing Motor Oil in Bulk
When purchasing motor oil by the drum, it’s important to be aware of a few key factors. First, recognize that as with most items purchased in bulk, it is possible to receive a discount when purchasing bulk oil. However, you wouldn’t want to purchase oil in bulk unless you intend to use it; oil drums [...]
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Potential Dangers of an Oil Spill
It’s a near catastrophic event when marine life are affected by an oil spill. Both mineral and synthetic oils are harmful to the marine environment because they can coat marine animals with the sticky oil substance, hindering their movement and respiration, and also an oil spill blocks sunlight from entering the water, and can harm [...]
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Checking Boat Engine Oil
Checking the oil level in your outboard motor is a simple process, but it can nonetheless be confusing if you’ve never done it before. In addition to having the proper amount of oil in your motor, it’s also important to check the quality of the oil. Begin by pulling out the oil dipstick, and wipe [...]
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Synthetic and Hybrid Synthetic Oils
Oil became an ever more precious commodity with the advent of the Industrial Age, and since the early 1900s, with the mainstream production of the combustion engine, mineral oil has been necessary for all kinds of day to day errands, travel, and jobs. Because engine manufacturers realized long ago that the world’s oil supply would [...]
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Smoking Yamaha Engines
Now and then your Yamaha outboard motor will produce an excessive amount of smoke while it’s starting up, and can draw unwanted and chiding attention from other boaters at the marina. For certain older outboard motors, most often the cause is due to an incorrect gasoline/oil ratio if the engine uses premixes. This can be [...]
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Importance of Using Outboard Motor Oil
I’ve been asked several times whether or not it’s okay to use the standard auto oil in your outboard engine; the answer is a bit hazy. It is possible for the outboard engine to run off standard automobile oil, however, you wouldn’t want to do it for long. The problem is regular oil doesn’t contain [...]
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The First Jet Ski Ride of the Year
When starting a jet ski after the winter months have ended, there are a number of precautions to be aware of beforehand. First you should take the jet ski out of storage before you intend to use it and check the engine. If you stored the jetski with fuel in the engine, add a fuel [...]
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