Today I spoke with a friend who repairs boats, both fresh and saltwater, and he told me to add one teaspoon of the oil per gallon of gasoline into the boat's gasoline tank.

 

He says that this extra oil will help protect the motor as an outboard does not necessarily get the needed amount of oil from the motor's oil reservoir.

 

Anyone out there ever hear of doing this?

 

Your input, please.

I'm a bike guy so I'm not so sure about boats, but I've never heard of it. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt the engine, but I believe if it were that much of a problem, the engine would be failing quite often.

I put marvel mystery oil, seafoam, and star tron enzyme in my gas every fill up. Never had any problem with any of my engines with this habit and routine maintenance.

Sounds like a drinking game. For every shot of oil consumed by the boat, a shot of whiskey for the captain. 

Probably one of the most damaging thing to most any motor, two strokes especially, is carbon. The more oil you burn, the more carbon it's going to develop. So, figure that one out for yourself.

The manufactors go through great lengths to reduce oil consumption, like thr VRO oil injection system that can reduce fuel oil ratios to over 100:1 at idle, and direct oiling like some of the DFI motors. They don't want any more oil being burned in the motor than is necessary, for one to reduce operating cost and two, the damage it can cause.

Today I spoke with a friend who repairs boats, both fresh and saltwater, and he told me to add one teaspoon of the oil per gallon of gasoline into the boat's gasoline tank.

 

He says that this extra oil will help protect the motor as an outboard does not necessarily get the needed amount of oil from the motor's oil reservoir.

 

Anyone out there ever hear of doing this?

 

Your input, please.

Actually, I had a mechanic tell me to add a little oil to the gas for my 4 stroke yamaha outboard(pontoon boat) as an upper cylinder lubricant, although he did not recommend a certain amount, as I remember. I told him I run Seafoam and he said never mind to the oil Seafoam will do. Again that recommendation was for a 4 stroke.

Thanks guys.

I think I will pass on his suggestion.