Regular Engine Maintanance

[alerored04]

Originally Posted by jayson_waltz

and... SKI DOO! hell no! The only way i'd get a ski doo is if it was a brand new MX Z X. But in my sled, i have to add oil about every 2 tanks of gas, that 600/440 sno pro hybrid burns oil like none other.

Ride it and you will be saying hell yes. The powertek 800 pulls like a damn freight train. It scares me on a regular basis.

[rustyballs_69]

Originally Posted by TheMeaningOfLife

Also i didnt see this mentioned or if it was not surely. I read up that that oil light is based on heat cycles of the engine, may be right might not be, but it would makle scence.

I believe the oil monitoring system is by engine revolutions. The harder you drive the sooner the light will come on.

[racin4JC]

I run full synthetic 0w-40 between 10,000-12,000 miles on a change with one or two filter changes inbetween, never had an issue.. Always take samples and send them in for testing and always have come up clean. What's the point in spending the extra money on a full synthetic and changing it every 3k??

[Redog]

I spoke to my mech today about this and he said that syn oil only needs to be changed every 5000 miles, but changing every 3000 is just as good, since the oil takes longer to get dirty and so on.

I probably could go every 5, but I'm keeping it at 3

[Cliff8928]

Originally Posted by steve-o

replacement?? did it blow up or something??

It chucked a rod through the block. There's a pic of it somewhere.

Originally Posted by Redog

I spoke to my mech today about this and he said that syn oil only needs to be changed every 5000 miles, but changing every 3000 is just as good, since the oil takes longer to get dirty and so on.

I probably could go every 5, but I'm keeping it at 3

And this is your mechanic who you pay to do the oil changes?