hey guys i need your help.. i need to change the oil in my 2000 grizzly and i needto know what kind to use.. i dont wanna use yamalube, rather i want to use a synthetic if i can.. can i use car motor oil or does it have to be motorcycle oil? also i live in new jersey and probably never heard or seen some of the oil you guys use.. like amsoil(or what ever it is) i have never seen that... can i use mobil 1? castrol? and what weight should i use? any and all replys will really help me out.. thanks fellas

 

i used regular penzoil 5w30, so did one of my friends on are wolverines. next time i am gonna go with full synthetic. were do you live in jersey

 

I use Castrol 20W50 in my Grizzly all the time. The heavier weight oil will hold its viscosity better under extreme temperatures. I have never tried the synthetic oils. I have no plans to do so either. I change my oil twice a year regardless of the oil that I use. So I figure why spend the extra money on the sythetic oils.

Rick

 

I LIVE IN OLD BRIDGE NJ MIDDLESEX COUNTY

 

I started out using Yamalube in mine, but changed over to Valvoline Duralube. In the summer use 10W-30 and if you have trouble with it getting hot you can try 20W-50. In the winter though i'd use 5W-30, you don't need to use Yamalube in the Grizzly or Kodiak because you don't have any clutches to worry about.

 

anybody have any more thoughts on this???????

 

I dont know what makes it but for this winter im going to use some synthetic 4x4 oil for hard working 4x4 engines it looks like some good stuff i have to find the name tho.....

 

hey, use 15-40 i never overheated using that in my griz, but i did overheat using 10-30 or 40.

 

GRIZ,
You can use a car motor il in your griz because it is an auto. However, anyone with a manual trans. quad should NEVER use anything but a motorcycle oil in there quads and bikes. Your auto doesn't use motor lube to cool and lubricate the trany as well, like a man trans does. I know that a synthetic will make cool weather eng starts alot easier. I would try to find a motorcycle oil that you like though. Amsoil you should be able to find in your local motorcycle dealer, however, I still use Yamalube in my 9000rpm performance quad and 12,500rpm YZ426F. Its good enough for Yamaha to put their name on it just like they did your Griz.
Cool quad, goodluck!

 

GrizzlyJim,
Thats good advice on using a lighter weight oil if you live where the winters are very cold. It rarely goes too much below freezing out here. Even when I go up in the mountains where its snowing, its not usually much below freezing. So for me 20w50 is fine in the winter.

Rick