mrhobs
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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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