Quick oil question.

blueblooded

blueblooded

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I will be changing my 04 viper over from yamalube to amsoil intercepter oil.Will i have any problems mixing the amsoil with yamalube,im going to run the yamalube as low as i can and then just fill it up with the amsoil.Im worried about the two oils possibly "gelling".
 
You should be fine...I just switched my wife sled from Amsoil to Yamalube with no trouble at all.
Tom
 
why would you change? not trying to be an @$$, just never understood why people changed? dealer says that amsoil is the only other one he would use, but doesnt.
 
Expect the same carbon deposits on the valves with Amzoil. I cleaned the valves on a SRX run with Amzoil and they were crudier than the valves on my Viper run with Yamalube. There is no way around cleaning the valves. Just the cost of the oil.
Yamalube cost's less and works just as good. There is a post on here done with two Vipers, one with Amzoil and one with Yamalube. Results after running 1000 miles were exactly the same. The valves needed to be cleaned on both sleds. With the added cost of Amzoil, Yamalube is the better way to go. My 2 cents.

Pat
 
I run Klotz in mine and I know everyone has heard horror stories of every kind of oil out there, but the latest one I heard is Amsoil is bad for yammis, but really oil is oil. I think the only bad decision you could make with oil is none at all.
 
A Men !!! Oil is oil as long as you clean your power valves often. Chances are you will never have problems if you keep a maintenance schedule and stick to it !!! :rockon:
 
hey guys..
always fun to hear everyones oil stories. My trail sled we will not talk about here, ( polaris edge x) but I vintage race little yami single cylinders. In the race sleds I burn Red Line race oil. Cleanest damn stuff I've ever seen!!! little spendy for everyday riding though. Some of the Guys I race with have swithed away form AMZOIL as they did viscosity tests and found it to vary greatly from lot to lot. When you get almost $2000 into a mod one lunger motor, you dont cut corners...
just my 2 cents!!!
 
The "interceptor" oil is designed to stop carbon build up in the power valves and rings. The "injector" oil is not so you will have carbon on your power valves. Those that I have talked with love the "interceptor" oil. The testing Amsoil did last year out west showed no carbon build up on ANY sled at all. As soon as I run thru the rest of my remaining oil "Amsoil Injector" I will be switching to the "interceptor". All oils must meet certain specifications to be able to be sold in the marketplace. "Oils won't mix" is an old wives tale. period. Grease is a different matter.
 
I've been using Interceptor all season after cleaning my PV's in the fall, ...I used Yamalube last season and had a lot of PV cleaning up to do, ...plan on looking at my PV's in the spring (so far the machine run's real tight).
 
i run klotz for two reasons. 1. I lika da smell & 2. i can get it from a motorsports shop here for $24 dollars a gallon. she buys it in bulk
 
3000 miles on Blue Marble in a Viper. Almost no residue on the Power Valves. Cleans off easily with some Deep Creep (Sea Foam in a spray can) and a rag. Takes longer to take the valves out than it does to clean them even though they pull right out. I do run Ring Free occasionally.
 
Amsoil Interceptor is awesome for valved engines. It it a lot cleaner burning with less carbon buildup than any other oil i have seen. Oil ratio also has a HUGE amount to do with the carbon deposits though.
 
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