Does anyone warm their oil at night and pour in the morning?

[Texasron]

I got 5050 miles out of a 2002 pol Edge RMK 700 144 and I warm oil at night in room or motorhome. 110 compression at 8500 feet after 5050 miles , 6years. NO maintenance or clutch work.... Must have been only one from what I read in Steamboat.

 

[TurboMatt]

I don't think it matters

 

[SRXSRULE]

Guess it depends on what oil your using. Most good quality oils have a pour point of -40 to -60 degrees F. Unless your riding in colder temps then what your oil is rated at it really doesnt make any difference. Eric

 

[tuneman]

I heat my oil in the microwave. 12,000 miles and still runnin' the original headlight bulbs.

 

[Dartos]

I heat my oil in the microwave.

Doesn't that make your French Fries taste weird?

 

[Drewd]

I never heard of that but does anybody else besides me heat the air in their trailer tires the night befored heading out?

 

[XFIRE800]

I leave the oil cold and heat the gas. Matches usually work well. Insurance guy hates me.

 

[richracer1]

Doesn't that make your French Fries taste weird?

Depends on what brand of oil he uses. LOL

 

[RHODESIE]

oil

I heat my oil in the microwave. 12,000 miles and still runnin' the original headlight bulbs.

i haven't laughed that hard in a long time. thank you, lol!

 

[Texasron]

I've known several that did....maybe thats why you should serve cheese with your whining about seized engines. Pass the popcorn while these Shirleys popoff.

 

[Vern]

Who the heck wants to eat microwaved French fries, nasty.

Texasron, so your saying for 15 years polaris couldn't keep an 800 together and the answer was simply heated oil? Maybe you shoulda spoke up sooner and poo coulda added a bottle warmer or something. Woulda saved alot of folks and polaris alot of money over the years.

 

[Texasron]

Obviously Lesson #1 for beginners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ_vxdO_9nc

 

[Texasron]

Guess it depends on what oil your using. Most good quality oils have a pour point of -40 to -60 degrees F. Unless your riding in colder temps then what your oil is rated at it really doesnt make any difference. Eric

All you guys who were smartazzes .....Use only Walmart oil.

 

[Jaynelson]

Oil won't have anything to do with clutch wear....andIf you're getting 5000 miles out of a sled clutch, I'd say you're just easy on stuff and that's why you've had good "luck." I would guess it's simply that you arent an animal, and take care of your stuff.

The thing with sleds is, most of the guys who complain the most and have bad "luck," are guys who also store their sleds under a tree with no cover, no maintenance, and hit stuff every time out. And are then immediately concerned about warranty...which they don't really understand how a warranty works. So it shows a disproportionate amount of failures on things like forums. Not that there's no exceptions to that....but there is a LOT of that in the sled world.

 

[slash]

Depends on what brand of oil he uses. LOL

KY touch probably

 

[richracer1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ_vxdO_9nc

I would give some credit to their test in regards to this subject if they had been testing 2-STROKE SNOWMOBILE OIL instead of 5w-30 engine oil.

Lets not compare apples to oranges.

 

[sumtinwong]

I have a 2002 700 xcsp edge X .would get 3000 miles with single pipe and drop new pistons and a hone in her for peace of mind , with the twin cpi or slp pipes a top end every 1500-2000 and it would all ways have a melted piston! never heated my oil .... never thought of it to b honest with ya. all ways used good oil. lots of mods, rode WOT all day in the moutons so I was not easy on her. blow out my clutches every other ride but I hade to fix bushings every 1000-1500 on the prim. have a heal clicker driven and it never needed played with.... well next to never

 

[Sheetmetalfab]

Thanks for a good laugh tex.
Keep using your walmart 5w30, don't listen to any of the haters.

Warm that oil, put your knee on the seat and "explore" them trails.

I'm going to give birth to another texan......

 

[Texasron]

Super Bowl...Pass the popcorn...

Thanks for a good laugh tex.
Keep using your walmart 5w30, don't listen to any of the haters.

Warm that oil, put your knee on the seat and "explore" them trails.

I'm going to give birth to another texan......

What do you see or think when you read...I don't use Walmart numb nuts!! Never been there....

 

[sumtinwong]

tex I got to ask? your 73 and live in dallas TX? where in the hell do u sled at?