Sounds good....
Yes, I think you get the idea now. I have several friends who ride the Seadoo's. I live on Dog river and pretty well known around my parts as a river rat. I never pass someone broken down. Lots of the time, this is how I make a little side work (I don't charge but rely on tips). Many of these people are running a TCW-3 oil. Some will change it out when I let them know it's the wrong oil, others say, "oh, I've been running it for years"......so, with that said. Your right! You might get a really good engine that will eat rocks and be around a long time. Or, you could get one of those engines that (I call) are tempermental. Let a spec of dust in through the air intake and you got to do a rebuild.
Cheap?........I sometimes think I invented the word. That's my middle name. I have very few of the special tools to do my work because there are too many ways to use standard materials to get my job done. But, I'll say this. Sometimes being cheap cost you more than spending a few dollars. Because you could find yourself doing twice the maintenance if you only used premium products...............:cheers:
Great thread........I enjoyed responding to it.
Fair enough. I guess you indirectly answered my question. I had been lead to believe (probably just my incorrect interpretation) that if you didn't use Seadoo (low ash) oil and used TCW-3 (ashless) oil that it would cause some type of catostrophic failure ("burn it up"). If it is "ok" to use TCW-3 oil and the Seadoo oil is a "preferred" oil to get longer life then I get that. I was just questioning the ability to use TCW-3 oil without experiencing some type of failure. You can tell I am no oil expert but I am cheap....
Appreciate the feedback. From what I am gathering a guy may or may not experience any problems from using ashless oil but is most likely to get more hours out of his engine if he uses the preferred (low ash) Seadoo oil... Is that a fair summary?
Yes, I think you get the idea now. I have several friends who ride the Seadoo's. I live on Dog river and pretty well known around my parts as a river rat. I never pass someone broken down. Lots of the time, this is how I make a little side work (I don't charge but rely on tips). Many of these people are running a TCW-3 oil. Some will change it out when I let them know it's the wrong oil, others say, "oh, I've been running it for years"......so, with that said. Your right! You might get a really good engine that will eat rocks and be around a long time. Or, you could get one of those engines that (I call) are tempermental. Let a spec of dust in through the air intake and you got to do a rebuild.
Cheap?........I sometimes think I invented the word. That's my middle name. I have very few of the special tools to do my work because there are too many ways to use standard materials to get my job done. But, I'll say this. Sometimes being cheap cost you more than spending a few dollars. Because you could find yourself doing twice the maintenance if you only used premium products...............:cheers:
Great thread........I enjoyed responding to it.
