XD 50 Evinrude oil.

[blueboy758]

i am now the proud owner of an evinrude Ficht, and i know after all the reviews i still went ahead, it's mint and was bought from a dealer.

but my question is, How expencive is the XD 50 oil !!!!!!! does anyone know where i can get it from cheaper?!?!

thanks Phil

[BogMonster]

I thought XD50 was just a TCW3?

On the Etec I was under the impression that you had the engine set at PDI to run either XD100 (which is bloody expensive) or TCW3/XD50 in which case you could run either XD50 or any other TCW3 oil which would imply they are the same?

If I have misunderstood I need to order some fairly urgently!

[GordyP]

Advice I was given was to leave it on the XD50 setting but use xd100 which gives the engine a bit more protection. If you have the setting changed to XD100 the engine uses less oil but you have to use the xd100 oil.

To be honest the things use so little oil that I am happy playing it safe.

In terms of buying it the cheapest place i could get it was from John Price at www.ribstuff.com.

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by BogMonster

I thought XD50 was just a TCW3?

On the Etec I was under the impression that you had the engine set at PDI to run either XD100 (which is bloody expensive) or TCW3/XD50 in which case you could run either XD50 or any other TCW3 oil which would imply they are the same?

If I have misunderstood I need to order some fairly urgently!

I wouldn't run my Evinrude on anything other that the correct XD Oil, it's expensive but so is a blown engine. TCW3 would be good for an emergency but nothing else IMHO.

As for you Stephen, you'll have to run with the Genuine Evinrude stuff otherwise you risk voiding your warranty.

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by blueboy758

i am now the proud owner of an evinrude Ficht, and i know after all the reviews i still went ahead, it's mint and was bought from a dealer.

but my question is, How expencive is the XD 50 oil !!!!!!! does anyone know where i can get it from cheaper?!?!

thanks Phil

Gordy beat me to it, I was going to say RIBstuff too. However with shipping costs it might well end up more expensive than a local outlet.

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by Hightower

As for you Stephen, you'll have to run with the Genuine Evinrude stuff otherwise you risk voiding your warranty.

Yes, you wouldn't want that, living in the Falkland Islands with no dealer for 1000s of miles

[willk]

Evinrude's PC software for DIs and Etecs gives the option to set the Etecs to run on TCW3, so they can't be too worried...

I'd run the FICHT on TCW3, the gearbox will probably fail before the powerhead anyway

Cheapish XD50 here as mentioned at Ribstuff (note it's 2.5 US gallons)

As regards running an Etec on XD100, when set for XD50, I've inadvertently done it and wouldn't be repeating the experience. The side running on XD50 settings ran smokey at startup and low revs and used almost twice as much oil as the other motor, reducing my fill cycle from about 450Nm to about 250Nm.

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

Yes, you wouldn't want that, living in the Falkland Islands with no dealer for 1000s of miles

Well that's even more reson for using the genuing stuff then

[BogMonster]

Originally Posted by Hightower

I wouldn't run my Evinrude on anything other that the correct XD Oil, it's expensive but so is a blown engine. TCW3 would be good for an emergency but nothing else IMHO.

As for you Stephen, you'll have to run with the Genuine Evinrude stuff otherwise you risk voiding your warranty.

I had formed the impression from Roy that a lot of people used TCW3 with no problems, but I'll check it out!

In fact if the engine is PDIed and fitted at a dealer (which it is) and given they say no dealer maintenance in the first 300hrs / 3 years, if it sh^ts itself completely any time in the first three years I should be able to take it off and send it back ... whereas if I'd chosen a four stroke the warranty would have been void as soon as the first 20 hr (or whatever) service hadn't been done.

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by BogMonster

I had formed the impression from Roy that a lot of people used TCW3 with no problems, but I'll check it out!

In fact if the engine is PDIed and fitted at a dealer (which it is) and given they say no dealer maintenance in the first 300hrs / 3 years, if it sh^ts itself completely any time in the first three years I should be able to take it off and send it back ... whereas if I'd chosen a four stroke the warranty would have been void as soon as the first 20 hr (or whatever) service hadn't been done.

Sounds like you have your finger on the pulse