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Old 07-17-2012 | 03:28 PM
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Are there any significant differences between car and marine oils?
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Old 07-17-2012 | 05:09 PM
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marine oil costs twice as much...
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Old 07-17-2012 | 05:13 PM
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Grab a case of beer and enjoy:

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Old 07-18-2012 | 10:58 AM
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marine oil costs twice as much...
lol!
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Old 07-18-2012 | 11:25 AM
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marine oil costs twice as much...
Of course! It has twice as much snake oil in it
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another oil debate lol. i run rotella tripple t in my boat, technically for diesel engines from what i understand but i have 3 seasons on it and its great. allot of others use it also and wal mart sells it for 13.30 a gallon. wont say its the ultimate oil in the world but it works and its cheap
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Old 07-18-2012 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by regalman4925
another oil debate lol. i run rotella tripple t in my boat, technically for diesel engines from what i understand but i have 3 seasons on it and its great. allot of others use it also and wal mart sells it for 13.30 a gallon. wont say its the ultimate oil in the world but it works and its cheap
3 seasons on the same oil? Or same kind of oil?
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Old 07-18-2012 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by baja226sport
3 seasons on the same oil? Or same kind of oil?
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Old 07-18-2012 | 07:08 PM
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Of course! It has twice as much snake oil in it
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Old 07-19-2012 | 04:17 PM
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I am back to rotella diesel oil as well...did the $$$$$ synthetics for a while....lost a engine(spun bearing @ 100 hours on a brand new engine, that never saw over 3600 ) and bearing failed ina V-Drive right after switching to Syn.... so for now done with them..
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