Chain case oil???
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Rick E
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I'd like to save enough so that I can provide food for myself, my 2 wives and my 12 children, and have enough left over for fuel for the 15 family snowmobiles. (I'm kidding of course!)
No.... it's not necessarily about saving money.
It's more so about the availability, the quantity that I can purchase in one container and the ridiculous price on the OEM oil, of which is manufactured by one of the major oil companies, and is then labeled Skidoo!
While I agree that this oil has specific properties, it can't be anything that far out of the ordinary.
IMO, ATF viscosity would be incorrect... (as in too thin).
Synthetic engine oil would appear to be OK.... but what viscosity (i.e., weight)?
Obviously we do not need a detergent oil since there would be no combustion bi-products within the chain case.
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5w 30 synthetic motor oil works fine.
Its been a while since I looked at the specs, but from my last set of notes, SkiDoo chain case oil had a Viscosity of 14.5 at 100 deg C. This Corelates nicely to 75W-90 Gear oil. ?w-40 engine oil is about the same Viscosity as well.
Polaris chain case oil had a Viscosity of 30.2 at 40 deg C. This Corelates to ATF viscosity and is thinner than engine oils.
Just for referance, Gear oil viscosity is 103 at 40 deg C.
What I'm still looking for is some info about Cat chain case oil. Don't know if it is thicker or thinner?
Polaris chain case oil had a Viscosity of 30.2 at 40 deg C. This Corelates to ATF viscosity and is thinner than engine oils.
Just for referance, Gear oil viscosity is 103 at 40 deg C.
What I'm still looking for is some info about Cat chain case oil. Don't know if it is thicker or thinner?
OMG.
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Rick E
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Probably that everyone is overthinking it. Put some liquid in the case that will lube the chain and it will work.
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Rick E
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Possibly!
Given that he left no explanation, I thought that it was a rather passive/aggressive comment!
Obvious. A $10? bottle of oil once a year? When I ran my shop in Ak, I used synthetic diff oil from NAPA for changes. The Doo stuff is basically diff oil. It doesn't really matter, keep the chain wet with oil and you are good.
Ams oil severe gear 75w 90w in the bag. Have been using it in my skidoo’s for 7 yrs over 2500km mtn mileag Per season.
I just use what ever sythetic chain case oil my distributor sells. Torco, Maxima, Klotz or whatever. Its a chain with a couple sprokets. Nothing new here.
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IcutMetl
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I think you’re picking fly crap from pepper, and putting way too much thought into it.
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Rick E
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I think that you missed the point of my comment!
Let's both let it go and to move on!
You are absolutely right, very annoying. I just bought the 355ml bottle of oil from Skidoo and did the change on my '19 850 Summit. put it all in and waited for it to show up in the oil level plug hole and...........nothing.............nada, so now go and get some more and see how much more it will take, and yes my sled was sitting level on the shop floor, what a pain in the ass!!!!!
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