Alco-Metalube vs Mercury/Quicksliver 2-4-C?

[Sobie2]

Yes Steveinak--- I went directly through Alco's website and they had USPS so it was reasonable shipping. Seaboard Marine's website was FedEx or UPS.

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I think The Cummins OEM coolers are now greased a bit due to Tony Athens bitching over the years about dry assembly issues

I hope so. It's like when I'm taking something apart and in my mind thanking some stranger for putting it together with never seize.

 

[SUBH2OHNTR]

I wouldn’t use it, 2-4-C is mediocre at best. Now if you have some of the old Mercury/Quicksilver 101 Special Lube lying around I wouldn’t hesitate to use it. That stuff was great until Mercury discontinued due to the EPA. Alco all the way.

I am almost 100 % certain that special 101 was just rebranded alco. I used Special 101 for years and when they took it away from us they told us to substitute 24C instead. 24C just isn’t alco or 101 so I was happy to stumble across the alco. By the way if you buy a new Mercruiser Transom assy. The steering pin is greased with alco/101 and if you disassemble a new Bravo drive the bearing retainer nuts and shift detent ball and spring is lubricated with alco/101

 

[Genius]

we used this stuff on the rigs. It was good stuff.

 

[ARC]

I called Alco and asked if they sold their grease in 1 lb containers instead of cartridges. [ which I hate using ]. They do not . I transferred it to plastic coffee containers with screw caps. Much better for long term storage

 

[southshore30]

we used this stuff on the rigs. It was good stuff.

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That stuff is crazy! I used to have a tube of that. I got it from a guy who worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic and they use it on their ships and the submarines. Incredible how sticky it is

 

[WoundUpMarine]

I have a couple extra 1.5 pound(Grease Gun) tubes of Metalube if anyone's interested, shoot me a PM.

 

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I'm sure people feel different but I grew up with them and I still like Merc 2 4 C and OMC Triple guard as they have always worked great for me.
I did just Amazon some Alco though. I'm wrong about as often as I'm right.

 

[WoundUpMarine]

Has anyone else gotten a new tube of Metalube and noticed a much different color? My old tube was kind of a key lime green and the new tube is like light baby poop brown. Just wanted to see if it’s my batch or the new norm.

EDIT: I just got off the phone with Alco Metalube and they said that the producer of their grease's base product(ConocoPhillips) removed the dye from their manufacturing process. The grease is slightly tackier as well. She said that the additives are all the same and that the grease will perform as it always has, just without the iconic(her word) green color. It's a bit disappointing as I also loved the color of it, but if the performance hasn't change what does it really matter.