I have an 04 Sportsman and am getting ready to do my first oil change, 20 hour. ( I bought it brand new from the dealer, got a great deal). Anyway, do you guys use the expensive premium 4 synthetic oil (4-cylce) from the dealer or is there a cheaper just as good oil you are comfortable using? Thanks in advance for your response.

 

I used the factory oil for my break-in oil change. For the next one when the warranty is up, I'll use a different oil.

 

Polaris or Mobil 1 full syn., 0w40 FULL SYNthetic only.

 

only 0w40?
i do a lot of hard riding and im going to switch to the mobil 1 10w40 motorclycle oil.

 

Unless you operate in sub-freezing temps, I wouldn't worry about using 10w-40. If you're going to use it all winter with freezing or sub-zero temps, it would be wise to use 0w-40.

 

AMSOIL

 

if you are doing hard riding why would you narow down the spectrum of coverage by going to 10/40. The bottom line is once the oil is warm its 40 wieght ...the 0 is the thickness at cold start. for how much you will save in a year compared to the price of a machine/labour I stick with manufactures recomended products.

 

Sticking with "manufactures recomended products" is only a good idea IF the "manufactures recomended products" are better than aftermarket products.

In the case of Polaris oil it is NOT better than the average name brand synthetic oil you can buy anywhere and in many cases it is not as good.

So I see no reason to buy their oil and pay their price when I can buy better oil for the same price or for less.

And for those who assume you MUST use 0-40 that may be true if you live in a climate where it is 30 below and you ride in those temps on a regular basis.

For the vast majority of the US 0-40 is not really needed.

I use Castrol Syntec 5w50 all year round.

 

In Minnesota, 0-40 is the way to go. You go from 100 to -30 throughout the year, so 0-40 covers me all year round. Its a good choice

 

use the polaris oil its made for polaris machines and to polaris specs. there are many other good oils out there but many of them are made for automotive use and todays car dont rev near as hard as you spotsman will if you do use a different brand of oil do use only 0/40