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Hey -

First - I'm sponsored by no one. I'm putting this out there because I found out about the product through my Merc mechanic - (Phillup @ C&C in Cirtrus Heights) and it works. Thanks Phil!

Saw the post entitled "Optimax" below and there's a TON of very usefull info for those of us who have high hour Opti's - mines got over 550.

I took my 520 in to have fiber reeds installed and have it serviced/ checked out because it was running rough my last two TOCs this past fall.

When I went to pick it up, Phil asked if I had heard of Quickleen and suggested I use it. At $8.95 a pint, I said "Dude - I'm already running Freakin Cheveron Gas at 20 cents a gallon higher than the 'junk gas.' Now I need to add another 20-30 cents a gallon on top of that!? I just did my taxes and know I spent over 4 grand on boat/truck Gas last year!"

One of the things Phil did was change my plugs out. He had just done a 100 hour service on another Pro's boat who used Quickleen. He went and got one of my plugs, and got one from the other engine. Mine was covered with gunk, the other plug was prestine, just had wear.

That was enough to get me to buy a few pints. After 3 - 4 hours running, one of the things I've noticed was the inside of my prop is now cleaned out. All the black 'sludge' that was buiilt up is gone (same gunk that was on my plugs). If this stuff has the same effect on the inside of the engine, it's worth it. A must have for high-hour engines.

I'm now running it religiously - believe me, with a high hour engine - you find Jesus REAL QUICK when your engine starts hicupping running to weighin!

1 ounce treats 6 gallons so it actually goes a long way. If you've got a high hour engine, in addition to

1. properly warming up your engine,

2. giving it an extra minute to coll down after a long run

3. counting to 15 running at 4000 RPMs when taking off - to give the engine time to get the right fuel/oil mixture to number 6 cylinder - before putting a full load on it

4. Think about changing to Fiber reeds. You'll get added performance and if you break a reed and it passes through the engine, your powerhead will survive.

Run Merc's Quickleen. It'll clean out the gunk.

Regards,

-Bob Simard

Ditto on the Yamaha Quickleen as well, it is well worth the $10.00

Phil and Mike turned me onto this product and it is amazing how cleen the inside of your prop is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


What else more can I say the guys at C&C Marine are the best in business and take care of customers!!!!!!!

Do you have any idea if evinrude has the same type of cleaner or will the merc quickleen be ok to use?

So is there a product for Mercs and a product for 'Hammers, or is it the same stuff for both? How does it compare to the Yamaha 'Ring Free' or the more generic product called "Sea Foam"?

Anybody know?

BRP does make a similar cleener for Evinrude/Johnson motors. I have some in the boat at home I will check on what it is called.

...Thanks!

Yes

There is a product for Yammies (ringfree)and a product for Mercs
quickleen.

A well known angler had blown mercurys up till he began to run the combustion chamber cleaner then no more blowups.

I've been adding ringfree to my 1990 yamaha for 10 years. Knock on wood, I've had no trouble with my motor.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

I'm glad mercury has developed a product like this for their motors.

A wise motor mechanic told me that the motors he rebuilds generally get carbon under the rings which forces them into the cylinder and scoring/loss of combustion results. What I figure is these products help keep carbon from building up under the rings thus increasing engine longevity.

You guys would be smart to add a shot to each tank full of gas.

Phil

i have used yamaha "ring free" in my 200efi and 115 mariner (merc)

its a needed product for long trouble free operation from my experience.

now the tough decision is to switch to the merc version or not

I was told by C&C Marine that if you run the Optimax oil then you don't need to use the Quickleen conditioner. I am running premium plus oil and use the Quickleen in the gas tank for my optimax.