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Mingo
 
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I use royal purple synthetic in my Mercruiser I/O. Can anyone tell me if they think Slick50 would be beneficial to add?
Also, any advocates of Sea Foam fuel additive?
Thanks
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| An I/O is a clean burning engine vs outboards or engines installed in autos. If you see a need that a condition may exist it wouldn't hurt. The only product that I use once a year in EVERY gas engine in my autos is Techron...They make two strengths...I use the concentrated one around $7.00 a bottle. I have NEVER had to clean or replace a injector in anything I owned. As far as Slick 50....NO. After using Slick 50 a friend/an experienced (MB and Honda) mechanic tore a engine down that he had used it in and it was on the bottom of the oil pan. A GOOD oil is just fine. I have pictures of a 350ci I/O that was blown. There is not so much as any build up in the engine. I was amazed at how it was so clean. Keep in mind that a I/O doesn't run a air filter either. 
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| I have several customers that have used Sea Foam for minor problems, slight miss, sluggish. they say it has helped. As for Slick 50, I used it in a high miles 1972 Buick 350 some years ago. The wife later ignored a leaking radiator, overheated to the point it seized. When I torn the engine down everything still miced out standard, crank and all. Used all standard bearing and rings and put her back together.
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Sea Foam can clean the injectors or carb jets if they are not too bad. I use in on a number of engines. It is also a fuel stabilizer. So it helps to preserve the fuel and keep it from gumming things up.
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Along those same lines....can you use a fuel stabilizer (aka Sta-bil etc.) along with a fuel additive such as Techron or Seafoam without the two chemicals conflicting?
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| First we are talking about an I/O engine. Oil is not added to the fuel and gumming problems don't exists as in an outboard (nice thing about oil injection in outboards). Gasoline that is E-10 has a shelf life of about 3 months. The adding of ethanol is the reason of the short life. Moisture and not oil gumming is the problem. There is NO product out on the market that will stop moisture from contaminating the "E" fuel. Non "E" fuel has a shelf life of a year or more, definitely longer than a fishing season, and no reason to spend money on an additive. As far as moisture in the E-10 fuel, I haven't researched if a water separator will remove it or not (not sure if the water is separated or suspended within the fuel). I don't leave E-10 fuel in my tank for any period of time, I pump it out and burn it in my Yukon. I have a small electric fuel pump that I attach to my tank line. Takes all of 5 minutes to hook up. There are only three (additive) products that I buy and use in my cars/trucks/boat. 1. Tecron (concentrate)...added to the fuel tank once a year. 2. Trans X .... added to the auto transmission if | | | |