Outboard Oil?

[EZGO]

I usually buy merc premium plus but all the dealers have closed around me, now when I go to basspro, I get the quick silver prem plus. I read the container and it said it was made by mecury, so I said what the heck and used it, just curious to see what other people run in there mercury engines.

[tr186man]

Quicksilver is the same stuff as the Mercury oil. I was told that years ago dealers got upset about Mercury selling their oil to discount stores and fishing supply stores. So Mercury repackaged the oil being sold to non-dealer stores as Quicksilver. I used both in my 2002 Merc and have seen no difference. I too run only premium plus.

[Shimano4Life]

Quicksilver is only an aftermarket subsidiary of Mercury. There oils are likely the same, and when you buy Quicksilver parts you will notice they are considerably cheaper than Merc parts.

I would recommend the Quicksilver parts and oils for anyone who can't find Merc brand parts, or anyone trying to pinch some pennies.

I probably worked at one of those dealerships that you spoke of that shut down, and we carried a lot of Quicksilver parts. When performing services we used Quicksilver filters, oils, impellers, etc -- unless the customer made it clear that they wanted Merc brand parts.

[smuckey41]

i have a 1988 mercury black max xr4 rebuilt motor and i also use quicksilver fore the most part if i can find it. if not i will go to walmart and use penzoil XLF and i cant tell a diffrence in those two oils except one is cheeper then the other.

[jcclark]

I've been useing the cheapest 2 cycle oil at Wal-Mart.
My 20 hp Merc is 19 yrs old and has never been in the shop.
I use it weekly and always run it wide open.
You all can spend more if you want.

[DJD]

An old bass club I was in purchased a 55 gallon drum of Penzoil for all to use and that included Mercs, Yamaha, Suzuki and Evinrude motors noone ever had a problem. I never used it because I was a new boat owner and was going to follow the advice of the Yamaha shop.....my motor blew anyway.

[EZGO]

I put quick silver prem plus in for the first time, few weeks back thought I would ask peoples opinions before I bought anymore. Its always good to here peoples advice on what they like. Thanks

[HURRICANEBOB]

I usually buy merc premium plus but all the dealers have closed around me, now when I go to basspro, I get the quick silver prem plus. I read the container and it said it was made by mecury, so I said what the heck and used it, just curious to see what other people run in there mercury engines.

I use the Penzoil Marine Oil, it has TCW3 that my 1995 75 HP Merc calls for.
I buy it in 1 gal jugs at K-mart, who consistently under prices Walmart. Motor is now 14 years old, has been run hard, and never had a lick of plug or cylinder problems. Runs clean and fires up quick to this day.

[PRO V LE]

One thing that is a little confusing about Merc/Quicksilver oil is that they have a premium and then the prem.plus. The plus has more additives to reduce carbon buildup etc. and is recommended for the larger HP V-6 motors. The regular "prem" is more for the smaller motors, although I would still use the plus myself.

[Monarkman]

The Merc plus is also a synthetic blend while the premium is straight dino, both with additives. Pennzoil premium plus and xlf are both also syn blends. None of them say how much is syn though. I honestly think under 100 hp any good tcw3 oil will be fine. I switched this spring from Merc oils to XLF for price and availability and can tell no difference. I have read the synthetics and blends burn cleaner (less carbon).