KH0302

My Skater bud swears by the stuff, I refilled my drive with it last weekend. Anyone have experience with it? Or does anyone have comments on other drive lubes?

Kurt

Danny_Ocean

Do a search on this forum for "drive + lube/oil". Then, get yourself a cup of coffee because it's gonna be a long read!

And...when your finished reading all the posts, your question will still remain unanswered, but you'll be a walking encyclopedia on the subject.

D. Ocean
Pompano Beach, FLA

Whitey

Oh boy here we go...

KH0302

The Amsoil reeks pretty bad too, but no foaming. Skater bud Mike's running it in his drives on 300s, running 115.

Whitey

I use redline and the foaming is a pain but, I had to replace a leaking seal in one of my outdrives this winter and what I noticed was the oil was still stuck to everything aftersetting empty for a couple of months. I do not know if all oils do this but redline did.

bobbarker

KHO302,
I use the series 2000 75w-90 race proven gear lube ,
also use the series 2000 20w-50 severe service racing
oil, I change oil every 25-30 hrs. have had zero problem's with either product.

Downtown42

I think Merc HI-Perf has better additives that will work better with any condensation/water that gets in there. If you are changing all the time then it less relevant.

OldSchool

I use the Merc blue/green stuff!

HiPerf2000

iTrader: (2)

I ran Amsoil for 1 year in my drive. My drive grenaded at the end of the year....and i am not hard on my equipment. i was cruising along at 3500 for 30 minutes, and BANG.

Was this a result of Amsoil? who knows.

I then bought a Teague drive off of Treadwell. it was a spare for his F2 formula. He told me that they tried every oil imaginable including the Amsoil. He said that the Amsoil is a "faster" oil, but the drives wouldn't hold up. He recommended Redline Shockproof.

You will probably hear 100 different opinions.

fred

I have been running the Amsoil GL-4 in my last two boats over a four year period, both boats had twin 454's with TRS drives.....haven't had any problems or rebuilds yet....my .02.....Fred