HotShotHarry
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In relation to the 1000rt, which oil is best? full synthetic or semi synthetic?
hey guys you should do a little digging in the laws for warrantees and what oils and fluids etc that you need to use. cause i was looking into using blue marble in my new polaris and reading their site. that if you are required to use a specific oil as in polaris, bombardier arctic cat etc.. to keep your warrantee they are required by law to supply the oil free of charge to you durring the warrantee period.
here is the section that i saw on this.
The federal law called the “Magnuson Moss Warranty Act of 1974” states that no manufacturer can require you to use their components (oil, etc.) to maintain the factory warranty unless they provide, at no charge during the said warranty period, such product free of charge. Most manufacturers state that the oil you use must meet or exceed the equivalent of specific testing procedures (i.e., TC-W3®, JASO, etc.). Blue Marble® High Performance 2-cycle oil meets or exceeds the specifications of JASO FD, TC-W3®, and ISO EGD.
I don't believe the dealer knows what he's talking about saying the full synthetic will gum up the raves quicker. I'm new to ski-doo this year, been on polaris for 10 yrs, and from what I can remember in the past the rave valves on the doo are very reailable but do gum up quicker using mineral oil verses full syn, remember when polaris came out with the VES on the 440 sno cross sled,I had one and I had to run full synthetic and still had problems and i'd have to clean the valves once a week, I tried to run mineral oil because the cost of the synthetic oil was hard on the pocket book and i was cleaning them after every race.Wierd.... But Your Oil Cost More, Lol .... The Dealer Told Me That The Full Synthetic Will "gum Up" The E-raves A Lot Quicker Than The Semi-synthetic. I Bought Mine Through Mr. R's In Milo, Where Did You Buy Your 1000rt??? Its Interesting What 2 Different Dealers Have Recomended, Eh???