Let's talk about the Yamaha 300 Outboard on our Ranger Tug R27ob 

That's what I say in the video. Don't fill using the amount listed on the label. (You'll over-fill it). The level should filled to 1/2 way between the holes on the dipstick.

Thank you so much for the feedback. It takes a lot of effort and work, (and several re-takes) to put these videos together. Your comment made my day. Thank you for that. We do use the kicker on occation for crabbing. If I’m crabbing for a few hours and not soaking the pots overnight, and there’s not a decent anchorage nearby.. I’ll use the kicker to pace back and forth while waiting on the pots. But in general, most of the low idle engine hours are accumulated driving up to, approaching a pot… then while pulling the pot.. counting the crab, and putting the pot back in the water. The helm needs full control of the engine for fwd, neutral, reverse. There’s wind and current and we want to either stay on the same spot, or move to a different spot. The kicker throttles are in the cockpit, 10 feet away from the helm making it impractical to manuver with. The kicker is really set up for trolling or a backup engine to get to the nearest dock. The alternative for me would be to just start and stop the engine more. Pulling a pot, for example, we could turn the engine off, but then the wind may blow us off our spot. I’d also be concerned that excessive start/stop of the engine would be worse than low rpm ideling. The Yamaha dealer specifically called out using Ring Free fuel treatment to combat the low engine RPM. Fortuantly I already run Ring Free fairly regularly in the engine. I’ve also never had my engine “make oil”.

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The video has everything that my notes do. Thanks for watching!

Glad it was helpful! We published this video not too long ago. It's a long video but we chaptered it, showing all the components that I do when performing the routine maintenance on the Yamaha F300. The outboard is really fairly easy to work with. The upper part of the motor, oil and filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, thermostats.. are all super easy. The lower unit is more work. But still well within a do-it-yourselfer's skill set. Check this video out if you haven't already. How we do the 100 hr maintenance on a Yamaha F300 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U0KyUOBBJ5M.html

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Thank you for watching! The Yamaha dealer suggested that running on the kicker may help, however they also noted that it’s often not practical as the kicker is not set up for full control from the helm. The kicker throttles are in the cockpit about 10 feet from the helm. The helm needs both steering and fwd/neutral/reverse controls to keep us on our spot, or drive to a different spot. I do sometimes pace back and forth… 1 mile that way, turn around, 1 mile back… at 1 knot on the kicker. I do that when we’re waiting on pots to soak when there’s not a nearby anchorage. The main recommendation the Yamaha dealer suggested was that I should be running Yamaha Ring Free fuel treatment. I already do run Ring Free and have since I bought the boat new.

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Thanks for the feedback. I'll check it out!

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching Phil!

Glad it was helpful!

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Thanks for the link. Great information! I used to run stabilizer with every fill up and ring free every 50 hours. I've switched to running ring free with every fill up and only run stabilizer when I'm going to have fuel sit for awhile (during the off season). Fortunately, I don't run a lot of ethanol fuel.

@@Letsgochannelsurfing Have you checked out CHEVRON Techron Marine Fuel System Treatment? It’s fairly new. It looks like it dose the same thing as the Yamaha products I mentioned earlier at a fraction of the price.?.?

@@michaelbartyzal1306 For the Yamaha, I've got a 6 year warranty from them and am only 1/2 way through it. So I just go with Yamaha's recommendations, parts, fluids, etc... Once my warranty is up, I may consider other options.