How much Ring Free should I add to my sled?

[dexter]

good advice guys, but here is my dilema.... should I just dump one bottle in when full tank (10gal) and be 8oz shy of the reccommended 20oz or try and gauge when my tank is about 6 gallons and get the proper ratio and just use one bottle. This stuff is $21 per bottle at the dealer and want to be cost effective, but at the same time I want to do it right.

 

[speedjunky]

The question is what are you tring to do. How many miles do you have on your motor? If your motor has less then 6000 miles odds are that you have not build up much or any carbon. I have been using the stuff since day one 1 oz to 10 gal. and that is if I remeber to bring in on the trail with me( the dealer told me that they put it in). Now I have about 4000 miles. I havn't had my head off to say that it works or dosen't. Again I would have a hard time beleving that you would have a lot of carbon build up. But Hey, I don't think it can hurt.

 

[RX1Jim]

$21 per bottle????? I bought 3 botttles and don't remember it being that expensive.. Seafoam costs about $6 per bottle at a local parts store.

To answer you question, I would go with the ratio of 2 ozs per gallon to get the best cleanng action.

 

[darv]

if you have a sled that burns oil do a shock treatment and change oil & filter after that use about 1-2 oz every tank of gas to keep it working for you I have been using it every since it came out in 1993 info the reason yamaha began selling this stuff was because of the outboard motors they where getting carboned up, 40hps 2 stroke because of all the trolling guys where doing fishing camp motors and this help fix the problem
i thing that every dealer should give a bottle when you buy a new 4 stroke sled

 

[Len Todd]

Just to be clear, after reading all this:

There are two Treatments. If you shock it, then you need to change the oil and filter after ~ 50 miles. If you are not shocking it, then you do not need to change the oil and filter. If you are dumping in more than what is recommended for normal use (not shocking) you may just end up needing to change your oil & filter anyway. The indicator of over-doing it = your oil turns black.

SeaFoam and RingFree are basically the same product and have the same purpose. There was an excellent point made above in that SeaFoam is a lot cheaper. BTW: If you add these products via the fuel, your carbs/fuel injection gets cleaned too.

 

[low slung]

From what i read on the bottle to do a shock treatment you need to burn more than one full tank for the recommend treatment.(add 15ml per litre,minimum of 90 treated litres in 700cc to 1.6 litre engines).The RX-1/apex holds around 38 litres so you need to burn aleast 2 tanks of treated fuel.

 

[LABRADOR WARRIOR]

ring free

is this stuff so good as people claim..

 

[Super Sled]

Sea Foam is basically the same thing so go with whatever is cheaper IMO. I can get Sea Foam for less around where I live. $5.95 a can at L & M Fleet.

Using this type of stuff in your oil has been covered before btw on this site. But while it says you can, I would not add this to your engine oil, especially in a sled.

But if you do add it to your sled's oil, change the oil within 50 miles or so IMO. Sea Foam is not engine oil and does not protect like oil. If you use it your oil will get very, very black from all the stuff it frees up. Then that stuff is fl;oating around in your oil.

I use Sea Foam all the time in my gas tank of most all of my motorized vehicles. You still get a lot of the same benefits, but your engine won't try to lubricate itself with it.

I think simply using high quality synthetic oil will keep the engine clean enough. Especially if you change the oil frequently. Most good oils have detergents that clean ouit deposits, etc.

 

[darv]

ring free is cheaper you only need to run 1-2 oz per tank if you run it all the time just use 1oz per 10gals of fuel so it comes out to be cheaper.