Van is right. Use the rec oil no matter the cost. Wait for it to go on sale and buy 2 years worth.
I heard a guy in the tackle shop talking about this and he said this past winter there was a sale in west marine (I think) and he had some discount card on top of that and end up buying 10 cases..anyway he said his final cost was 9 bucks per gallon. For merc optimax oil. But he did this in Feb.
Ficht oil is about the same $/gal. I used it and my engine still blew.
