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General Maintenance Tips => Tools and Lubricants => Topic started by: Bucktail on February 24, 2013, 05:10:32 AM

Title: Did I buy the wrong stuff?
Post by: Bucktail on February 24, 2013, 05:10:32 AM
I ran out of my Penn Blue Grease and decided to order some of the Yamaha Marine grease.  When I opened it I noticed it was not the bright royal blue that I thought it would be (like the Penn grease), it's more of a pale blue.  Also, it doesn't say waterproof on the container anywhere, only "resistance to salt water".  So is this the good stuff or did I just waste $20?

This is what I got.  $5.90 + about $14 for shipping!  http://www.parkeryamaha.com/yamahamarinegrease141oz.aspx (http://www.parkeryamaha.com/yamahamarinegrease141oz.aspx)
Title: Re: Did I buy the wrong stuff?
Post by: Bryan Young on February 24, 2013, 05:14:34 AM
That's is what ours looks like too. Appears that Yamaha changed to formulation.
Title: Re: Did I buy the wrong stuff?
Post by: Bucktail on February 24, 2013, 05:28:07 AM
Thanks Bryan.  Still good grease?  Or is the new formula inferior to the older version?
Title: Re: Did I buy the wrong stuff?
Post by: Bryan Young on February 24, 2013, 05:45:56 AM
Only time will tell. I figure that Yamaha has more to loose than we do if the formulation does not live up to its reputation.
Title: Re: Did I buy the wrong stuff?
Post by: alantani on February 24, 2013, 06:18:26 AM
it seems to work just fine.  i prefered the darker blue stuff as well, but so far it has not been a problem. 
Title: Re: Did I buy the wrong stuff?
Post by: skrilla on February 25, 2013, 10:37:55 PM
Been using the new stuff for a couple years now. Works great. It does turn green but doesn't seem to effect anything.