Just wondering what oil and gas I use for a 1994 yamaha kodiak 400cc 4x4....I just got it and it didnt have the owners manual and I have no idea what kinda oil and gas this thing uses

 

I would run a non synthetic motor cycle oil, simply because you dont know if that engine is sound. You can prob run any grade gas. I had a 94 honda fourtrax 300 and ran whatever, so your all set there.

 

we run 5/30 oil in the winter and 10/30 in the summer and just use regular gas oh yeah ours is a 1993 these machines are really really tough they can go anywhere except watch out going threw water because they are not sealed up very well at all and more questions just pm me or post on this oh yeah run non synthetic oil i recomend castrol

 

I would not run a 5w-30 oil unless it doesn't have "Energy Conserving" on the round API label on the rear of the container. Most oils in that range have moly which is said to cause the wet clutch in atv's and motorcycles to slip. It's not proven but there is enough evidence to say it does. To be safe...use a 10w-40 oil as most all of them are not rated "Energy Conserving".

A good oil for your machine would be Shell Rotella T 15w-40. That is what I used in my 95 Kodiak that I used to own. It is rated for wet clutch applications and being a diesel rated oil, it's less prone to "shear" in the transmission.

Go to the forum section at Bobistheoilguy.com and search the motorcycle lubrication section and you will find a wealth of info on oil.

 

Thanks for the quick replies all......I had one other question for ddrumman2004....right where my oil goes...think the crank case if I'm right makes kinda like a clicking sound that isnt loud but just wondering if that was normal for a kodiak?

 

ddrumman

i know that you have a rancher too, waht oil do you use in yours.. i just added some 10w-40 to it and it seems ok.. what would you recoment?.. i know no energy conserving oils but waht else?

 

10W 40 AMSOIIL or Rotella 5W40 Synthetic
if it uses the same filter as a grizzly us a Purolator Pure One PL14610

use Regular grade gas.