I have read several of the oil posts here, but can't find a straight answer. Some of the posts recommended using the same oil in the crankcase for the transmission. I plan on dropping the 1.9L of synthetic Mobile 1 0W40 in the crankcase during this oil change. Does anyone have any opinions on running the 0w40 Mobil 1 motor oil in the tranny as well? Its a 2002 Sportsman 700.

 

I use the Mobil in my Polaris 700, but only in the cranckase not the tranny. I use the Polaris stuff in the tranny and the same goes for the front diff. Take Care! Perry

 

If you see the energy conserving symbol ....looks like a circle with the words energy conserving in it, then it sucks for atv's or motorcycles with gears(manual trans)

 

0-40 in the tranny(if your referring to the differential) isnt right. I use 75-90 amsoil.

 

No, he means the transmission. From my experiences with Polaris quads & sleds any 30-40wt. oil is exceptable in their transmissions/chaincases. This goes for mineral & synthetic, and multi-viscosities 5w-30 10w-40 0w-40 etc. etc.

 

I use AGL Polaris transmission oil, but my dealer said I could also use Mobile 0W-40.

 

that seems pretty thin for in the tranny, id say 5w

 

I have been using all the Polaris fluids to this point. Synthetic Oil, the recommended demand drive fluid for the front, Polaris AGL for the transmission, and the 75W90 for the rear. The reason I was asking is I use my Sportsman all year round. In the summer everything is great, but some of the cold winter days when I was plowing, it didn't want to shift very well. In fact, my machine usually clicks when going from Park to neutral, to High or Low, but in the extreme cold, it just slides through the ranges and I needed to verify on the display where the shifter actually was. Once the machine warmed up (or assuming the transmission fluid became a little more fluid) everything seemed fine. I figured maybe trying the mobil 1 synthetic in there to see if it made a difference and it is a little more convenient using the same fluid for the crankcase and tranny. Bottom line is, I just don't want to do any damage to the tranny.

 

cold weather make all work stiffer even me! shifter mechanism where the electrical contacts are need to have di-electric grease on them! I have been hunting and Polaris 700 would NOT shift at all till warmed up! Water/condensation build-up in the selector mechanism would freeze upand NOT allow shifting till warmed up! Take Care!!!!!!

 

Polaris engine oil is a 0-40 oil and it seems much thicker to me than the AGL, which is almost like purple koolaid in comparison ..