which injector oil are you running
- Thread starter bubba94
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Citgo Sea&Snow.
Polaris VES Racing.
oil
I'm using the blue marble works great no smoke and my exhaust valves are always clean.
I'm using the blue marble works great no smoke and my exhaust valves are always clean.
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MN mud man
Member
Klotz all the way baby 
Legend or Redline if you want synthetic
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phillybean
Active member
Opti II, recommended by my dealer.
ves gold plus
One thing to consider in this day/age of "DRY" crankcases... where there is actually NO fuel in the crankcase to bring the oil up into the system... UNLIKE the CFi 4 systems.
The oil for these dry-case motors must not be very tenacious... it has to flow easily through the bearings inside of a dry warm case/rods/crank and then up into the transfer ports to lubricate the cylinders.
So the old guard of saying that Mineral based oils work best, may not be OK. I'm not saying that you have to use VES gold... but you should use a good oil that will have the correct properties to run in these very recently different engines.
I've noticed that my friends who run synth like Redline, VES G+ etc smoke more after a week of sitting than the guys that use older mineral based oils... I belive that this is because the mineral based oils will cling to the parts more than the synth and no "pool" in the bottom of the crankcase like many of the pricier synth oils do.
The new synthetic oils run off the parts easily.. so much so that they do not protect the engines during summer storage... or even a week on the trailer in the cold... that is why fogging a motor is even more important than ever.
I'm looking into this right now and hope to have a better report up here soon.
This "dry case" situation is true for the PRO RMK/RMK engines from 2011 to present... and for the E-Tek engines.
The oil for these dry-case motors must not be very tenacious... it has to flow easily through the bearings inside of a dry warm case/rods/crank and then up into the transfer ports to lubricate the cylinders.
So the old guard of saying that Mineral based oils work best, may not be OK. I'm not saying that you have to use VES gold... but you should use a good oil that will have the correct properties to run in these very recently different engines.
I've noticed that my friends who run synth like Redline, VES G+ etc smoke more after a week of sitting than the guys that use older mineral based oils... I belive that this is because the mineral based oils will cling to the parts more than the synth and no "pool" in the bottom of the crankcase like many of the pricier synth oils do.
The new synthetic oils run off the parts easily.. so much so that they do not protect the engines during summer storage... or even a week on the trailer in the cold... that is why fogging a motor is even more important than ever.
I'm looking into this right now and hope to have a better report up here soon.
This "dry case" situation is true for the PRO RMK/RMK engines from 2011 to present... and for the E-Tek engines.
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ive always ran ves gold in the past but im going to try amsoil this year. Dealer said it would NOT void warranty and i got a case shipped to my door for abour 10-12 dollars less per gallon than i would have paid at the dealer for ves gold.
amsoil
Just switched to Legend ZX-2SR. Excited to try it out. Put new pistons in for this year and will tear it down at the end of the season to inspect it all.
I like Injex in the oil bottle, and Redline in the gas tank. .75 ounce per gallon of gas
just food for thought.
In just the last few years... we have gone from a "wet" crankcase on the Polaris sleds... To a completely dry crankcase (except for the oil) . To me, that is something to consider when choosing oils... and this thread is posted in a section of the forum where all the sleds have "dry" crankcases.
Our engines have radically changed... I'm just posing the question... do we need to look at our oils differently?
Both Synths and Minerals have their Plus's and minus's.
In just the last few years... we have gone from a "wet" crankcase on the Polaris sleds... To a completely dry crankcase (except for the oil) . To me, that is something to consider when choosing oils... and this thread is posted in a section of the forum where all the sleds have "dry" crankcases.
Our engines have radically changed... I'm just posing the question... do we need to look at our oils differently?
Both Synths and Minerals have their Plus's and minus's.
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