clarification from arctic cat

In the November issue, Arctic Cat engineers' response to a reader's question in the You Asked section could be misleading according to several Cat dealers who contacted the magazine. We've asked Cat to clarify.

Here's what happened.

AmSnow.com member F-350 asked, "How about a bigger oil reservoir? I can only go about 120 miles and my oil light start to flicker. Has this been changed for '06?

Cat explained that the oil reservoir holds 3 quarts of oil and the flickering light indicates oil should be added reasonably soon. Further, the '05 and '06 models will use 2 quarts before the light comes on. However, Cat notes that the original '03 and '04 models oil light sending units would begin to flicker the light after using just 1 quart of oil.

Here's where there's a clarification.

Arctic Cat says its comments should then have been that the company sent updated oil light sending units to all registered owners of '03 and '04 models with instructions to install them themselves. Instead of saying this was a warranty item in the article, it should have stated that Cat owners should "please bring your updated oil light sending unit to your Arctic Cat dealer if you do not feel comfortable installing it with the instructions provided by Arctic Cat."

If the Cat-provided updated units are installed, the '03 and '04 models then should behave like the '05 and '06 models, the light not flickering until only 1 quart of oil remains.