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Originally posted by air-cool-me
Ok.. so oil isn�t just oil�
But I was advised that I cannot use STIHL brand, or any two stroke oil designed for small engines in my two stroke Suzuki 150hp outboard..
Why is this? What is different about the oil?
Both 2-stroke vs 4-stroke and
�2 �stroke outboard� oil vs regular 2 stroke
im just curious....
-Nick
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I have the Stihl oil in the orange bottle, and the new synthetic low smoke stuff in the black bottle. Both for for small engines that require mixed fuel.
If I had to guess, the Suzi has an oil tank and injects it's own oil. That being true, means that part of the engine gets straight oil for lube, and just a bit is squirted in the intact, if any at all. I think all of those use a specified weight of regular engine lubricating oil.
By the way, if y'all haven't tried the new Stihl 4 stroke engines on their leaf blowers and some of their weed wackers, you've got a treat in store. They're really nice, quiet, almost no smoke, and very low fuel consumption. And they take oil mix fuel.