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Another failed oil thread 2014

What brand and weight oil are you using?

  • YamaLube FS 0W-40

    Votes: 8 17.4%

  • YamaLube SS 0W-30

    Votes: 8 17.4%

  • Mobil 1 FS 0W-40

    Votes: 15 32.6%

  • Mobil 1 FS 0W-30

    Votes: 4 8.7%

  • Amsoil FS 0W-40

    Votes: 6 13.0%

  • Amsoil FS 0W-30

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Other FS

    Votes: 4 8.7%

  • Other SS

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    46
Sled Dog said:
The last four years I am running 10w30 Canadian Tire Full Synthetic Motomaster oil and buy when its on sale.
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Not sure if I'm the only one who noticed this but I wouldn't run a 10w30 oil in a snowmobile. Cold start ups would have very little engine protection. :S
 

I have a 2009 Nytro RTX with 1500 miles about and use Redline 0w40. I switched to that for 3 reasons one it has a high Molly content, two it's an Esther base stock group 5 synthetic, and three when I switched my ram to Redline the "hemi tick went away in 300 miles and can't believe how smooth it ran. I also had the same results with the nytro with how noticeably more smooth it runs and idles. Also I drained out fresh M1 to put it in.
 
yamariv said:
Sled Dog said:
The last four years I am running 10w30 Canadian Tire Full Synthetic Motomaster oil and buy when its on sale.
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Not sure if I'm the only one who noticed this but I wouldn't run a 10w30 oil in a snowmobile. Cold start ups would have very little engine protection. :S
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Your kidding me right, its full synthetic it flows at -40C. So all these cars that run 10w30 are going to have cold start damage? A four stroke is a four stroke my friend whether its in a car or your sled.
 
I get the point but when is the last time I rode in -40C that would be never. Do that test again in normal riding temps like -15C to -25C max and you will see the 10w30 full synthetic is fine.
 
Sled Dog said:
The last four years I am running 10w30 Canadian Tire Full Synthetic Motomaster oil and buy when its on sale.
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Just curious. Why 10w instead of 5w in your frigid Saskatchewan temps?
 
I buy it by the gallon when on sale use it for everything, wifes suv, sons car, quad, garden tractor checked the bottle in the garage and sure enough it says 5w30 so I use both. In normal riding temps the sleds start and run fine. As mentioned who rides in -40c I am not a trapper lol. If I was a person who had to use it everyday I would have a heater installed and plugged in.
 
Mileage Quest said:
Also a few of my friends and I run turboed cars and will not touch Mobil 1... We run Rotella T-6 due to the low ash content and low pour point
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So no Rotella T6 on the poll? I"m in the same boat, I won't get that slightly discolored water called Mobil 1 near my modified turbo subaru wrx, nothing but Rotella t6. The sleds get either T6 or yamalube, depending on which I happen to have on hand.
 
Not to hijack and divert the topic but who makes Yamalube oil for Yamaha? Anybody know?
 
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