Been reading the forum for years, seen lots of posts that say you need to use polaris oil in polaris machines or bad things will happen, my question is, who makes Polaris oil? I think it is put out for bid and goes to the low bidder and I dont like that idea, I personally refuse to use any of it exept the demand drive for the front diff,I only use that cause I havent found a good substititeSo what do you guys think?

 

I do the same as you with the front dif fluid but as for the oil I've always used Mobil 1 synthetic and Purolator oil filter...

John

 

I think Lube Tech use to some of the polaris oils.

 

Polaris oil is OK if you change it at 40 hours but I see no point of using it when there are several better choices that you can buy at any Wal Mart or auto parts store.

Most other good name brand synthetic oil is better and sometimes cheaper.

 

Also a good 5w20 synthetic motor oil will work fine in the front diff.

 

I'd also like to know where the 2W-50 rating comes from, as I don't see it in their label.

It's hard to believe they purchase enough oil for them to require a refinery to blend a special oil for them, different from all the other oils produced.

 

If I was a betting man, I'd say that mobile 1 makes the oil for polaris. A couple years ago when I started using mobile over the popo oil, mobile was the only oil I could find around here that was synthetic 0w-40. I doubt an oil company is going to make a oil exclusively for polaris. More like, this is what we can provide you , we'll just slap a polaris sticker on it and away you go.

 

I think you would lose that bet.

 

Maybe? It would definitely be interesting to know who provides polaris with there oils. I would say odds are you've looked at the same oil in a different brand bottle at your local auto parts store.

 

I've seen and read some UOA's (Used Oil Analysis) on Polaris oil... nothing to brag about for sure. Many better options.

Polaris can choose to have certain "specs" for the oil when they request it. It could be the same oil as brand "X", if the manufacturer is producing an oil that meets those specs. If not, the refinery/manufacturer makes the necessary changes. It's probably much cheaper for Polaris to go with a product that is already being produced... and I'm also betting that's the way they go.