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The local dealer sells XD-100 full synthetic oil in bulk (bring your own jug) for $35/gal. On average I seem to use about 1 gal of oil for every 100 gallons of gas, which works out to about one gallon of oil for every 400-450 miles run, so the cost of oil doesn't seem to be much more than what I'd spend on changing the oil and filter every 6 months on a 4 stroke.
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My experience has been the same as Bushwacker's.
If you're going to have the dealer perform your service while under warranty, the cost to change the oil on a four stroke surpasses the cost to burn your oil in a two stroke, at least in my area. I don't think there's a bad motor choice out there these days. I would go with your favorite local dealer. A good experience with the dealer is worth a lot of money in my opinion.
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"A good experience with the dealer is worth a lot of money in my opinion"
How true!! |
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Just read this thread. If you had the low pressure pumps replaced and had one fail already make sure they aren't Mallory brand pumps. I made the mistake of buying a set and having them fail. Total POS Chinese crap that will fail. Save yourself a tow if that's what you've got and get some genuine Yamaha ones. By the way, they still have the Yamaha logo cast into the top plate so ask your vendor.
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I've owned both Yamaha and Suzuki 4 strokes and am much happier with the Zuke. While I have never required warranty work on either, Yamaha is stringent about dealer done scheduled maintainance and will deny warranty unless you drop bags of cash at the dealer to preforn unnessasary proceedures. The Zuke dealer I use could care less. He recommended Rotella dino 15-40 every hundred hours and I am still going strong with a 2004 motor with 1900 hours. Spark plugs and anodes are all I have every changed beside the engine and foot oil and a yearly impeller change I do myself. If you are handy enough to service your car the new 4 strokes are virtually the same.
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Just ran across this on Hull Truth for anyone interested in a slightly used F300 4.2. No affiliation, just thought I'd pass it on. I have about the same $ in my complete package and the motor had 800 hrs on it when I bought it. This is a really good asking price.
http://www.thehulltruth.com/parts-fo...nterested.html |
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