was reading the book and it says it takes 2w-50 synethic. never heard of that before. it also says after break in to change it every 100 hrs or once a yr. seems like a long time betwen oil changes.

 

What break-in do they say??........Hours or miles?........Caper.........


Con-grads on the new ride.............The 2006 800 was still new in my book....LOL....

 

That seems like a really long time. But if you look at auto oils, some say they are good for 8000 to 12000 miles. Now thats a long time between oil changes LOL

 

they still say 20 hrs break in. our 05' mazad we just got rid of went 7500 miles between changes w/ regual oil. thats a long time in my book. of course it only had 18,000 miles when we traded it so didnt do many and i always change to mobil 1 on my stuff.

 

I have been running 5W50 Synthetic for a while now in my 500 and change every 80hrs.....

 

most of the new ones was taking 0-40 so that (2)-50 is new to me. most just the 2 part

 

Yes my Sportsman calls for 0W40 oil. The low number in this case 0 means the oil behaves like a 0 weight oil at very cold temperatures while at high temperatures it behaves like a 40 weight oil. So at very cold temperatures a 0w oil will flow better than for example a 2w or 5w oil. At the other end of the scale in very high temperatures, like these motors put out in hot weather, a 50 weight oil will give more protection than a 40 weight oil. I know what you mean stendori the 2W oil is not as popular as the other oils....

 

Hey Congrats Stendori, I didn't know you were looking to trade up? PICS look good.
Yea I am calling my dealer on Monday, I got the prices, still can't decide if I want that
"Touring" or just the 800 Dlx, or maybe the new 700 X2. Man I can't decide. I think it
is stupid that Polaris made the Touring models not to be able to fold or remove the secondary
seat back. - Just my opinion. But for me I want to check it all out myself cuz pictures and
specs from the internet just doesn't do it justice.

Keep ya posted, hopefully I will have my new 800 Pics to post up here in a few weeks.
Enjoy your ride, let us know how it compares to the older models!

Thx,

R'