I am a new member to the forum and a new owner of a 1997 Polaris 400 sport 2 stroke. Let me say first that I love the auto trans and electric start and the overall performance. I did not receive a service manual with the bike and after trying to find an engine oil fill and seeing a dipstick in the trans. I'm thinking I should buy one. Can anyone give me some general maintenance advice as I still have not found the engine oil fill? Also any problems I should check for or expect in the future??? One more thing, does anyone have a stock pipe and silencer for one of these? The pipe on itnow is really loud and would like to get something quieter.

TIA, Jer.

 

fill the oil in the dipstick thing...its like a car

 

ahhh the 97 sport i miss the hell out of mine dont ever let her go...lol...
now there is a dip stick in the motor by the carb that holds about 3 1/2 ounces
of sae 30 oil. the dip stick is hard to see because it dont look like a dip stick it has a large
flat head screw driver slot in the top. for the tranny there is a special oil polaris makes for it but alot of people use a substitute. "you can do a search". as with any 2-stroke you should do a compression test to see how tight your top end is. also is the oil injection still conected or is it pre mix?

 

"fill the oil in the dipstick thing...its like a car" no its not...
ps check out my old 97 sport on my pics page.

 

Oil inj. is hooked up and works fine. I wonder if I need to use an injector oil like a snowmobile or if any 2 stroke oil is fine.....Top end is fresh and has plenty of compression. Being a former alky banshee owner I was impressed at how well this 400 2 stoke pulls. Any info that anyone can give me here will be greatly appreciated. After looking this thing over for a while it's quite a bit different than my old Yamaha.

 

I wanted to know a good place to get a plow for my scrammy, I've been thinking about it for a while. Any ideas

 

OOps posted in the wrong thread...sorry!

 

If you want the stock exhaust, you should be able to find one pretty cheap on Ebay.

 

I would stick with the Polaris 2-stroke oil recommended for that machine.

peace

 

2 stokes do not have engine oil like the 4 strokes do.
The counterbalance requires a small amount of oil as Jayblazer mentioned.