First oil change,Now what oil??

[Iceman57]

Here is some good advice on break in, oil changes and when to switch to synthetic oil. I followed this procedure and my sled runs awesome.

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

 

[WFO]

Guys so what say you on Mercedes and BMW both of which use Synthetic Oil from Day 1 in their engines? Or do we beleive that these higher RPM 4-strokes a different beast all together.

It's my understanding that cars that come with synthetic oil from the start are prebroken-in. In other words, the engine manufacture runs/breaks in the engine before it's put into the vehicle.

Honestly, I don't know why more manufactures don't break-in their engines at the factory. Most likely, it’s a cost issue.

 

[Yamahammer485]

Here is some good advice on break in, oil changes and when to switch to synthetic oil. I followed this procedure and my sled runs awesome.

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

That seems to make sense and sure sounds like everythign was explained very well. But id like to hear from more people before I make up my mind on how I feel of this radical break in period. My dads TF runs perfect with the factory break in.

BUT, with my quad, I broke it in like motoman suggested, but I did this out of own will. Was so happy to get it that I jsut bombed around on it, not the hardest, UNTIL, out on the ice I raced my buddy on his bravo. I didnt want to lose so hled it wide open for a long period of time, just revvin. I felt bad for this but later discovered that alot of people do it this way and my quad runs perfect, really strong

 

[jcurrieta]

for bikes and atvs,,, i hear not to run reg oils,,, as it has anti friction additives in the oil thats not good for your clutch as its a wet type clutch. So anything with a clutch inside the engine i use the recommended oils.

 

[Apex2006]

Mobil-One Synthetic, been running it in my Apex and both Nytros and all four-stoke toys for years!!

 

[whits-end]

oil after break-in

Still?????????????????????????

After 6 years???????????????????

 

[Stubbs]

Hey whit......... no snow = painful posts. Lets talk about which skis/clutch kit/track is the best now.

 

[Darren Betker]

straight yamalube 0w 30 works fine-i have 6700miles on my sled and havent even thought about synthetic oil-no need to

Your so wrong. Full synthetic has been proven again and again to have far superior protection over any other. Youd be a fool to believe otherwise

 

[slimjim2525]

I use Mobil 1 0w40 from the beginning. My sled now has 23k miles on it. I just did a used oil analysis through Blackstone Labs. It came back perfect. The sled had 2,300 miles on the oil sample i sent. There were no wear metals, and the viscosity was still well within normal. So for those who think that Mobil 1 is only meant for low RPM cars, and will foam up in a sled, you're wrong.

 

[sgauthier]

i don't like mobil 1 synthetic. ran it in my F150 and had sludge build up on the filler cap so i would never run that in my sled. I switched brands and the sludge is no longer present on the filler cap of my truck. i run the Yamaha 0w40 full syn in my Apex

 

[thor452]

to each their own I ran walmart super tech for years in my 07 with no problems as long as you keep up with changing the oil properly you really cant go wrong.