Can I switch oils??

Coles_55

Coles_55

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Hey guys,

I am sick of using Yamalube and was wondering what other kinds of oils I can use that may be cheaper in price cause my 96 600 just eats the shit.....
 
Coles_55 said:
Hey guys,

I am sick of using Yamalube and was wondering what other kinds of oils I can use that may be cheaper in price cause my 96 600 just eats the shit.....
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You need to find the cure not put a band-aid on it..

have you checked your oil pump specs.????
and throttle end play??
 
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Wal-Mart Supertech TCW-3. It's made in the USA (prolly the only thing in Wal-mart that is) and comes from the same distributor as Polaris oil. Been running it for years, but I wouldnt recomend it on power valve sleds. If your eating through oil you might have a bad oil pump (they will go to wide open when bad) so you might want to check that out. I had a 97 600xt that had the pump go bad and I was caddying oil around with me until I replaced the pump.
 
If I remember right from last winter I believe I got abou 200 miles before my light comes on, Yes it uses a lot of oil exspecially compared to my phazer but what the heck... oil is cheap insurance for the engine.
 
I would not use a TCW-3 oil, its not the same as an oil that has a JASO rating. TCW-3 was a testins standard that was derived in the '70s using an outboard boat motor.
Personally, Id stick with a well-known name brand oil. Yamalube 2-S is a good oil and its relatively inexpensive.
Your 600 is going to eat oil like crazy no matter what you do, thats the nature of that engine. It has horrible gas milage, so naturally its going to go through a lot of oil too.
 
Cole55, I've heard many times that Citgo Sea & Snow Is the same semi sythetic oil as Yamalube. I've already picked up 3 gallons for this season at Gander Mountain for $8.99 each. I'm switching from Yamalube because my 95 V-max chows the oil. We run three 95 V-maxs and they all use a good amount of oil compared to the newer sleds.
 
I always use the petro-canada snowmobile oil. (the purple jug, its midgrade),
in everything from my dirtbike to the boat and snowmobile, but you probably can't get it in the states.
 
Any of you guy's that run the older vm's you ever check your settings on
throttle end play and your oil pump?? and tune your carbs and clutches??

i don't understand why you guy's have a problem with them(unless your oil
pump is bad).

we run 3 of these sleds(well maintained and tuned).... a 1994,1995,1996 and all are good on oil and gas,(except the '96 he blaze's the trail a lot of times and uses a little more).


just wondering....:)
 
The JASCO standards were set by the Japanese and vary slightly from the TCW-3 in what additives they use but they also vary from the European standards. The TCW-3 was developed on outboard motors such as a YAMAHA which do not utilize powervalves and have sufficient water cooling rather than air cooled engines. check this out... http://www.sea-doo.net/techarticles/oil/oil.htm
 
yes the API III IV or V is recommended for high performance 2 strokes and I can honestly say I dont run TCW-3 in my banshee or my sled, but I do run it in the older sleds
 
yamaholic22 said:
It is?!?!
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Yup. Ive used it in everything from my snowmobile to my leafblower to my chainsaw (which turns 10,000 rpm). Not much odor, no noticable smoke and never had any issues with plug fouling or engine failure.
By the way, to those who say that Yamalube is the same as Citgo Sea and Snow, you should know that in Canada Yamalube is made by Esso (Exxon/Mobil), so dont assume that its all made by Citgo. Even if it is, so what? Regardless of who makes the oil, it still is made to Yamaha's specifications.
 
Octane said:
Yup. Ive used it in everything from my snowmobile to my leafblower to my chainsaw (which turns 10,000 rpm). Not much odor, no noticable smoke and never had any issues with plug fouling or engine failure.
By the way, to those who say that Yamalube is the same as Citgo Sea and Snow, you should know that in Canada Yamalube is made by Esso (Exxon/Mobil), so dont assume that its all made by Citgo. Even if it is, so what? Regardless of who makes the oil, it still is made to Yamaha's specifications.
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I've also used it for over 15 years,,,,nothing wrong with yamalube.

just i'm using amsoil now because i want a full synthetic oil with a good
base stock and adds, if yammie lube was full syn i'd be using it still...
 
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