Thegunther

So after the ski has been sitting for 2 years, I got a new battery, replaced the plugs, put some fresh gas in and got it to fire up after a few attempts. I had to spray Throttle body cleaner into the throttle when starting it to get it to actually fire and catch and idle. It ended up blowing out a bunch of white smoke, i figure because it had old gas and old oil and its just blowing it out. The engine is strong and sounded fine while idling. My question is about the oil i need. I know it recommends to get the oil from the dealer, but can i get 2 cycle oil from say Wal-mart that will be fine for this older machine that hasnt had much TLC in the past 5-7 years. Would 1 of these 2 products work

Walmart.com: Quicksilver Premium Plus 2-Cycle Oil, 2.5 Gallon: Automotive

Walmart.com: Pennzoil Marine XLF TC-W3 2-Cycle Engine Oil, 1 Gal: Automotive

Thanks for any and all input!!!!

suppresst

I looked hard into this issue when I first got my Sea-Doo's and almost made the mistake you are contemplating. Just bite the bullet and buy the Sea-Doo oil. I find that, all-told, I really don't burn all that much anyway, but that's a separate rationale, and may not apply to you.

YamaDoo

NO, do not use outboard oil. Get the Sea-Doo oil or the QuickSilver PWC oil if you don't want to spend the money. What Sea-Doo is this?

Thegunther

I own a 1997 GTI. It's my first pwc and am just learning everything about it. I checked wal-mart last night and they don't have the oil a need. I'm going to check at Bass Pro Shops tonight to see their selection. I called the dealer today and they said a gallon of the mineral oil is $32.99 and the synthetic oil is $49.99. my ski is older so I think I will be fine with regular mneral oil, any thoughts?

YamaDoo

Get the Sea-Doo mineral oil, that is what is recommended for the 718 engine. The synthetic is for the newer 800 and 951 power plants.

Thegunther

Thank you so much for your input, I can't wait to get this machine in the water on Thursday. As far as all the white smoke that came out when we got it started, I was figuring it was because of older gas and oil, it was sitting for 2 years and hardly had gas or oil in it, we added fresh gas and got it to start but it was pushing out a good bit of white smoke, it started to smoke less after idling for a little bit. It probably needs fresh oil and gas run through the system, I don't think it's a problem though

YamaDoo

Yeah I would not worry about it. Motor was most likely fogged prior to storage and the smoke was just the fogging oil burning off.

Thegunther

Thanks Yamadoo