I had to disconnect the oil pump on my 1999 Polaris Xplorer 300. What gas/oil ratio should I use?

 

40 to 1 or 50 to 1 is a good one.

 

I would stick with 40:1 and the oil doesn't need to be anything fancy as long as it's made for 2 strokes. I believe 50:1 is supposed to be for Amsoil or something like that.

 

40 to 1 is a pretty standard ratio. You don't have to use the expensive Polaris oil as jumbofrank said. As long as its designed for 2 strokes, you're good to go. I wouldn't recommend buying the cheap Walmart brand 2 stroke oil but any reputable oil would be fine. We used the cheap Walmart stuff in a jetski once and though we're not sure that's what caused it, not long after that the engine needed rebuilt. Engine might have been pretty worn out already though.

 

If the lists here are correct Walmart oil is supplied by Exxon Mobil and Warren oil company. I guess depending on what area you source it from. Plus lists some other oil companies and brand labels they make.

Advanced Lubrication Specialties, Inc

* Advantage
* Advantage 5000
* Getty (some?)
* Lukoil (some?)
* CRL
* L&D Superior
* Sunoco


Amalie

* Acme Ultraguard
* Amalie
* American Eagle Super Duty
* American XT Premium
* Crown Super Turbo
* Elixir
* Federated
* Flash Foods
* Foodtown
* Guard Heavy Duty
* “Heavy Duty”
* Imperial
* Millennium
* Pro High Performance Choice
* Pronto Supreme
* Rallye
* RPX Turbo Blend
* Shop Rite Premium
* Sprint 500 Premium
* Super Turbo Xcel
* U.S. Lubricants Super Heavy Duty
* Value Tech
* VIP
* Xcel
* XLO


Ashland

* Kubota Tractor Oils
* Napa
* Valvoline


BP/Castrol

* Arco
* Powertech Super
* Drydene
* Assuron


Chevron/Texaco

(all products seem to carry the Chevron or Texaco logos...so there is no confusion here as to what they make)

CHS Inc
o Auto Gold
o Maxtron
o Super 12m
o Superlube
o Superol
o Viking

Citgo
o Mystic

Conoco-Phillips[list]
o CircleK
o Kendall
o Motorcraft
o Union 76
o Phillips 66

Cross Oil Refining
o Gard
o Gardfleet
o Pure-Flo
o Xtreme

David Weber Oil Co.
o Gibraltar
o Powerflo

ExxonMobil
o SuperTech (Walmart; some)
o ESSO
o CAT Diesel (EM Mexico)
o Lubricante Carrefour (EM Mexico)
o Mopar (EM Mexico; some)
o Motorcraft (EM Mexico; some)
o Toyota Genuine(EM Mexico)
o Nissan (EM Mexico)
o Tech 2000 (EM Mexico)

FL Viscosity Oil Co.
o Case Tractor/Ag
o New Holland Tractor/Ag

McCollister & Co.
o Archer
o Motorlast
o United
o United/Hyde

Omni Specialty Packaging, Inc.
(may not be the actual refiner)
o Dutch
o Excell
o Nuvo
o O’Reillys
o Parts Master
o Pure Guard

Pinnacle Oil Co.
o Admiral
o Allfleet
o Allsup’s
o Casey’s
o Certified
o Cogo’s
o Duke
o Favorite Markets
o Fire Star
o Fleet Pro
o Gas America
o Gas City
o Kum & Go
o Love’s
o National
o On Your Way
o Sheetz
o Steel City
o Thorton’s
o True North

Safety Kleen (including Canada)

* America’s Choice
* Autoprix
* Canada’s Choice
* Checkered Flag
* Classic
* Fast Trac
* Finish Line
* Formula A
* Moto Prix
* Performance Plus
* Premium I
* Safety-Kleen


Sinclair Oil Co.

* Arctic Fire
* Dura Tec
* Sinclair Supreme


SOPUS (Shell)

* Quaker State
* Pennzoil
* Wolf’s Head

J.D. Streett & Co.[list]
* Streett
* STP
* Unilab


Warren Oil/Coastal/Unilube

* 4 Brothers
* Advance Auto
* All Star Express
* Allstar
* American XT
* Appco
* Bradley Plus
* Carolina Petro
* Coastal
* Do-It-Best
* Duplex
* Enmark
* Express
* Fill-Ups
* Fred's
* Gas N Go
* Genuine
* Halco
* Handy Way
* Itasca Outdoors
* Jr Food
* Kohler
* Krasdale
* Lubriguard
* Performance Engineered
* Price Wise
* Quality Plus
* Quality Supreme
* Red Apple
* Savers Choice
* Savings Plus
* Saxon
* Saxon Gold
* Sentry
* Service Pro
* Shurtech
* Trac
* Valucraft (Autozone)
* Warren

[b]Warren Performance Products (WPP)[list]
* Accel
* Kum & Go Super Premium
* Mag 1
* Oasis Market
* Pilot Premium
* ProLine (Pep Boys)
* Spectrum Plus (Sears)
* Supertech (Walmart; some)
* Traveller (Tractor Supply)[/quote]

Yes doing away with the oil pump I'd premix at 40-1 as the pumps on the air cooled and liquid cooled engines supposedly are metered at 50-1 ratio from the factory. At least that's what all the Polaris engineers told me years ago when I inquired about this.