Without all the fancy terms thrown at me, what oil should I use?

indy_500

indy_500

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Used Arctic Blue for the last 8 years. 2 fuji motor sleds ran great. Never any problems. Had a 550 sport Touring and blew up twice in less then 5000 miles. blew up once at 100 miles. well, i got rid of that sled. i don't know if i wanna stick with arctic blue. hard to find sometimes, runs out fast at fleet farm. thinking of going with citgo sea and snow, or polaris oil. i don't really want to spend a lot on oil, i got a 99 indy 500 if that helps.
 
indy_500

indy_500

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i know i know but amsoil is a heck of a lot a money for a 99 500 i can get coupons and stock up on polaris oil pretty cheap. but citgo sea and snow is awful tempting
 
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littlewagner

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indy i would run the polaris blue or citgo sea an snow I had amsoil in the old sled an she blew up. went to polaris ves an she ran like a top. and amsoil gets pricy.
 
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classic_rider

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indy theres a reason the shelves are empty half the time,,,,lots of us use it ,,,,,,,look on back of your bottle find the web site and look it up,,
it just may be polaris oil or cat oil,its from a plant in northern minnesota, there is only a couple places that bottle it ,,,same stuff different color,, weve used it for years, and buy it the same place you do lol
 
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mxz500rider

Member
Yamalube s2 is what i ran in my 01 mxz 500. no problems. and the rave valves were pretty decent after 4500 miles. i just got an 02 edge x 600 with 1600 miles that had yamalube an d the valves were perfect. all i had to do was wipe them off with a rag and brake clean. local polaris dealer told me there is no difference between the polaris blue and yamalube.
 
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eao

Active member
fyi

OEM Yamaha 2-stroke oil is a Torco product (re-labeled), the Ski-Doo oil comes from Castrol, Polaris and Arctic Cat oils are blended by LubeTech (a private label bottler (Minnesota) for many of the small engine oems).
 
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eao

Active member
I suppose you could if you wanted to spend years tracking it down.

The info was shared with me by others in the lube business but I cannot prove it. Most of the OEM's will not make this info public except Polaris acknowledged Lube-Tech on one of their web pages devoted to racing.
 
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dab102999

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I have had real good luck with injex pro. Can usually get it for around $14 a gallon. I used to buy it in bulk for $11 a gallon. Ran it for a lot of years now. If I run out or don't have any my second choice in Yammy lube. I base that totally on past use and not being disapointed with it and also when it is real cold out it pours nice so I would think that would translate into easier mixing with the fuel.
 
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thebreeze

Member
for a non powervalve motor, I would use any non synthetic 2 stoke oil. Citgo sea and snow or other comparible low cost oils. any 30-40 dollar gallon of oil types are a waste of $$ on a non powervalved trail motor in my opinion.
 
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famousguy

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Union 76 Unimix. $3 per quart.

Have a combined 100,000 plus miles using it between my sleds and my brother's sleds.

No engine failures due to oil.

In all of those miles on those machines, we lost 1 piston, and that was found to be a manufacturing defect by Ski-Doo.
 
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twistgrip

Member
Me and my buddies use Arctic Blue, its a semi synthetic mineral based oil. A very reputable engine builder thats rebiult and modifies engines said the motors he tears apart look the best with those type of oils.
 
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brown50rn

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INDY 500 I JUST BOUGHT SEVERAL GALLONS OF CITGO SEA AND SNOW FOR MY BRAND NEW RENEGADE,AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ITS AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER THAN AMSOIL AND SKIDOO OIL AND HALF THE MONEY!! I used to run amsoil.
 
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dooski_dan

Member
So you don't really have to use the synthetic oil for the newer sleds then? I have a 2005 REV and would be happy if I didn't have to spend $35 on a gallon of oil. If that's the case I'll try the Citgo brand.
 
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brown50rn

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I had an 05 renegade that I ran synthetic blend, no problems, I have an 09 renegade now and the dealer told me to run the blend. Read the comments on Sea and Snow,
i switched to it.
 
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