Just bought a 2000 Stratos with a 200HP Ram Ficht, my question is what type of oil should i use, the previous owner said he always used the "Ficht" oil...never owned a 'Rude before, so never realized there was such a thingWhere do you buy it?
Just bought a 2000 Stratos with a 200HP Ram Ficht, my question is what type of oil should i use, the previous owner said he always used the "Ficht" oil...never owned a 'Rude before, so never realized there was such a thing
Blake Arkwood
Most of us use XD-50 w/ Seafoam or straight XD-100, both are Evinrude oils. The Xd-50 is a semi-synthetic oil, the Xd-100 is a full synthetic oil. If you can contact the person you bought it from, ask him if he ever de-carboned the motor!
1999 Evinrude 150 Ficht E150FPLEEA
1999 Javelin Renegade F/S 19
okay, i'm not much of a mechanic....but what are the advantages of decarboning the motor? i know he did a good job with maintenance on this motor but not sure about this...is this one of the Ficht recommendations?
Blake Arkwood
Carbon is an enemy to pretty much any outboard, it is not a FICHT thing. You can run a search and you will find numerous post's about carbon. One thing you want to make sure is that the spark plugs are indexed properly. You can find information on that on the one stop shopping post at the top of this board.
1999 Evinrude 150 Ficht E150FPLEEA
1999 Javelin Renegade F/S 19
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