Amsoil Intercepter

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Just wanted to post some results from our riding and oil choice this year. Me and a friend both have Yam. 700 SRX's. We both bought Amsoil Intercepter this year thinking we would give it a try. We rode 500 miles together and decided to check the power valves due to lack of performance. I was upset to find that i had two cables pull through due to stuck valves and the third, though not stuck, was gummed up bad. My friend had gummed up valves also, one so stuck he had to use a vice grip to get it out. NOT GOOD. Those valves are expensive. We also checked our plugs..ugh a lot of suit on them, though they seemed to be burning ok. We sucked our oil out of the machines and decided to try different oils. I went with Klotz oil, and my friend went with Yamalube. We again rode 500 miles together and decided to check our valves. I found mine to have some carbine on them but they still moved freely in the cylinder slots. All I had to do is wipe them off and scrape very little carbine. My friend that ran the Yamalube had better results also. Very little cleaning of the valves. We also checked the plugs. Mine had no ash build up on them, the ash that was on them cleaned right off. My friends plugs looked nice and clean too. I'm not here to bash oil brands, I'm just letting you know what we found in our 1000 miles together. Research and choose wisely, it gets expensive if you don't.
 
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I ran Amsoil Interceptor in the early years of my Viper. I broke it in with Yamalube the first year and I believe it had maybe 800-1000 miles on it when I made the switch. I ran the sled until it had about 4000-5000 on it before I switched back to Yamalube. In that time I had stuck a few PV's and also had two cables pull through. After I switched back to YL I never had a stuck valve again. I sold the machine last year with about 9400 on it. Still ran like a champ.
 
I am not really trying to bash their products. I know they have plenty of good oils and I drive by their factory every year when I go to Michigan. In my situation I bought the Interceptor being it was marketed to keep the PV's clean. After the stuck valves and comparing the cost difference in oils I decided to go back to YL being it was a good $10-12 cheaper per gallon. I figured if the PV's are gonna get dirty why pay more $$ if the Amsoil isn't doing any better job than the YL. Crazy enough I never had a PV stick with the YL but I can't say if I thought they looked any cleaner. Maybe I just started checking them more but in essence it was more of a cost factor for me.
 
Amsoil is fantastic for cars, I run their Euro formula in my BMW, sent samples to blackstone on several occasions and as far as their Car formula goes it's a fantastic oil with great protection. I run Klotz because it smells great, Amsoil smells awful in a 2 stroke, and I can't attest to its 2 stroke quality as I haven't run it for long but it was probably the smokiest worst smelling 2 stroke oil I've ever run.
 
That's the first I've heard of Interceptor gunking up PV's. I've been running it all year in my Summit and Phazer and no issues so far. I know there was a test done comparing it to Doo full synth and it came out on top, BRP even stated it was a good replacement for their oil. I'll keep running it since I got a great deal and I'm sitting on several gallons. Come spring I'll check the pv's on the Summit.
 
I've used it since day one in my '01. Original PVs.

Ran the 100:1 at 100:1 in my IT400 for years.

It does stink but I can't say I like the smell of burning oil. I like to lead.

Rubber, nitromethane, duck and spring turkey season are another story.
 
I've been using Amsoil since I got my sled and never had any PV problem. I did switch to Klotz though and its still unopened. But yes, Amsoil stinks. I'm trying to run it low before adding the Klotz.
 
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