Oil change, how difficult?

[Royboy]

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[Mooseman]

As long as I've had mine, I never thought of that. I'll have to look into this methid.

 

[carcus1]

Thanks so much guys! Bought some yamalube, oouch! $55 for 3L, gunna do the change soon, my brother in law also bought one so we will do both at the same time.

My tie-rod is bent so I bought another, how difficult to replace this part, and do I need any special tools?

Not even sure I will need a snowmobile this year, going fishing tomorrow, on the boat!!!

 

[Mooseman]

Have faith brother. La Niña will save us! We already have snow on the ground here.

 

[carcus1]

Did the oil change, quite easy, easier much easier than changing the battery on my big 1050cc venture!

 

[maim]

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going to check if this is possible with a phazer soon myself.

 

[Mac21]

Lots of great ideas in this thread..Mooseman even got me googling ZDDP....!....this is what I did for my oil change..
... oil change on my 2016 MP....once side covers/ air box was off, the filter was accessible ...but I needed a really good grip on it with a open jawed filter removal wrench...really chewed the filter surface up but never put a hole through it..cursed it a bit though....replacement filter used was a KN147 with 17mm nut on end..might make it easier to remove on the next change using an open/box wrench.. For oil I went semi synthetic...I usually go with the manufacturer recommended..in my MP for my temp conditions and use...Yamalube 0W-30 semi synthetic was used...
....I have the ultra plate installed on my MP ..I wasn't looking forward to taking that off since I had a bit of a chore lining up the bolts the first time installing it....however, second time around it was a charm..everything went back together easily..
...Hope everyone is enjoying the snow..!

 

[SumpBuster]

I bought 2 rx1's in 2002, one delivered in August. Put 100 miles on by september, on our grass drag strip...lol. For my convienience I use 5 20 Mobil 1 synthetic in everything. Lawn mowers, supercharged Mustang, lexus, neon (lol...) sleds, etc. Rotella t synthetic for the diesels.
Now, Amsoil has great info on oils, as I had to investigate for work (new vendors) and it seems the 5 is the base oil and polymers (not oil) are added to expand with heat, to reduce the flow through their little funnel, which makes the higher viscosity. Since I want ALL OIL (polymers do not lubricate) I get the closest range without using a straight weight. So 5-20 is good for me and has been for years. I did have slight oil usage on one of my 2003 rx1's. It went away when I got the rpm to 10,500 and started running the snot out of it. No more oil usage. 5 or 6 grand running just didn't seem to clean er out! I think I changed the clutch spring....can't remember.