7th Gear Oil?

[Super Sled]

Since I've never seen a post on here, or heard any solid verified evidence of ANY commercial 4 stroke oil causing catastrophic engine failure in our sleds, I'd say the risk is virtually non existent. Run what ever makes you feel good. There's a much higher risk of your sled being destroyed by some retard coming the other direction on the trail, than by any oil.

Exactly, X2.....



Run whatever oil you like, they are all probably good enough. I'm sure this "7th Gear" Oil is just fine.




Mike

 

[Gone Blue]

Since I've never seen a post on here, or heard any solid verified evidence of ANY commercial 4 stroke oil causing catastrophic engine failure in our sleds, I'd say the risk is virtually non existent. Run what ever makes you feel good. There's a much higher risk of your sled being destroyed by some retard coming the other direction on the trail, than by any oil.

I was thinking the same thing. That I was more likely to have engine failure due to the chain tensioner failing vs. some "cheap" engine oil.

The bottom line is that no one seems to have used this oil around here and I might be the first. It is made in Canada and bottled in Brighton, MI. How bad can it be? LOL............. G.B.

 

[Geezer 2]

I wonder how many on here that are concerned about saving money on an oil change are changing the filter every time or going by the manual?

 

[**sj**]

again...just becuase it says yamaha or yamalube on it doesnt make it good...sure they make money off it...and it meets their warranty requirements....but you can get better for less...period...Im not talking about el cheapo oil....better for less..

 

[Nick1945]

again...just becuase it says yamaha or yamalube on it doesnt make it good...sure they make money off it...and it meets their warranty requirements....but you can get better for less...period...Im not talking about el cheapo oil....better for less..

What do you use ?

 

[**sj**]

oil

Ive used royal purple and mobil one and supertech....I was one of the first to go to the 20 weight synthetic when eveyone told me I was crazy (part true) and now others are following suit...heck even the yam engineers told me not to use synthetic because it would fool with the wet clutch

now the pefromance tuners have 20 weight as a performance gainer!

 

[RoyalBlue]

7th Gear , what is it made in somebodys garage.

 

[Irv]

Run what you like but beware, there are a few niche companies out there trying to make a buck.
I would at least request a VOA off of them first just to see what levels their additive packages are.

Some oils may meet the spec(s) initially but if their numbers are on the low side, they will also wear out very quickly and for that reason alone is why not many of these niche companies stay around very long.

 

[langow]

Their web page claims a Total Base Number of 9.1 I think the compares favorably to Mobil 1.

 

[Irv]

Their web page claims a Total Base Number of 9.1 I think the compares favorably to Mobil 1.

That is pretty good, curious to know how quick it depletes?

Hopefully some more info becomes available soon, namely some UOA's just to verify how good or how not so good it is?

Not knocking it, but I certainly wouldn't be trying it until I found out more about it.