Outboard Oil

[Zfrog]

Merc and Quicksilver oil is the same only in a different color container. Only Merc dealers may sell Merc oil in the black jug. Quicksilver is sold by non Merc dealers. The premium Quicksilver you bought is different than the Premium plus Merc, but Premium plus Quicksilver is the same as Merc Premium plus.

[mattplapp]

Z Frog is correct. Merc and Quicksilver are the same. Quicksilver was created so Mercury could sell oil at Big Box stores and not violate their dealer agreements by putting Mercury in non-mercury dealers.

Just be carefull, make sure you are using the correct standard of oil, the last thing you want to do is use car oil in your boat and cause a few thousand dollars in damage over a few dollars saved

Matt

[Danny]

Hey Matt,

I know you know what you are talking about, so I want to ask this, when did Merc. buy quicksilver?

The reason I ask is that in '95, when I bought my Stratos, it had an Evenrude on it. Evenrude as a Johnson motor, and I was told to use Johnson's quicksilver oil.

Was quicksilver made by Merc. back then too?

Man, you can get behind on stuff quick.

Thanks,

Danny

[CTFSHWHISKER]

i'm not matt danny but when my dad bought his boat mercxr4 rig in 89 the quicksilver oil is what they said to use in it,i thought quicksilver had been a mercury marine trademark for years but maybe there's something i didn't know.

[Danny]

Thanks CTFSHWHISKER!!

I certainly don't know, and have no idea at this point... LOL

I'm probably spending extra money buying the Merc Optimax Oil too... LOL

Danny

[CTFSHWHISKER]

if you have an optipop you arent wasting money. my buddy just had to replace his powerhead that blew all too heck because he was using the cheaper quicksilver oil from wal-mart instead of the opti oil.the system doesn't pump it right or something is what merc told him.

[BigPoppy]

Just a quick note to back up some of the others, when working in Baton Rouge some years back I had to do a special assignment inside an oil refinery, I worked for an asbestos abatement company and anything built prior to the 80s was required to have asbestos insulation by law and then they made a law that it had to be removed in the mid eightys as foreman of my crew I had to go to the main office and sign off on disclaimers and insurance papers and all of the usual cock and bull. We could not take in cameras and we were made to sign a form saying we would not make public statement about brand names or trucks that were coming in and out. so to make an already long story a little shorter, when the fuel trucks came in they would all line up going to the same resupply lines no matter what brand name they had on the side, Shell, Gulf, Texaco, you name it brand names did not change the real deal.