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LaDeezy
Is anyone using this instead of the Polaris recommended oil? I’m using it in my Ranger XP1000 Northstar.
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Is that the right oil weight for the XP1000?

I thought it was 5w-50, no?
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larrygugliotta
LaDeezy said:
Is anyone using this instead of the Polaris recommended oil?
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No I don't. - for what I have invested into my machine, I prefer to use the genuine manufacturer recommended fluids. IMHO over the life of the machine there is little cost savings vs risk changing fluids every 100 hours / 1000 miles using alternate brand fluids instead of OEM recommendations.
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yea 5-50
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Toxic-21
HogBoss said:
Is that the right oil weight for the XP1000?

I thought it was 5w-50, no?
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No its Not, 5W-50 is correct.
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larrygugliotta said:
No I don't. - for what I have invested into my machine, I prefer to use the genuine manufacturer recommended fluids. IMHO over the life of the machine there is little cost savings vs risk changing fluids every 100 hours / 1000 miles using alternate brand fluids instead of OEM recommendations.
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I agree. I will stick with the Polaris brand, for what little extra it may cost. I also change the oil & filter myself saving me money
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I have guys running 5-40 with over 30k miles and one guy running 0-40 at 40 k miles. All oringal engine.

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Any synthetic 40 weight will be fine.

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running Shell Rotella T6 5w-40 in both my 2019 900 and my 2022 1000XP
NO problems
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There are 2 ways to decide engine oil.
1) Massive datasets that are recorded and analyzed with scientific rigor, peer reviewed, and tested against controls.
2) Religion

#1 is generally not publicly available, despite significant investment over decades. A result of a well functioning capitalist economy. #2 is therefore our only choice.
Which is why I chose electric. Internal combustion engines are comically complex and use a mysterious slippery fluid to not destroy themselves instantly. We will look back on them much like we do bloodletting. bang bang bang go the splosions. rattle rattle rattle go the rest. I mean seriously, what a stupid contraption.
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Maybe so but it works. Takes a licking and keeps on banging along.
Funny thing is in all the off roading I have done over the years I haven't seen anything but bang bang powered vehicles.
I guess I could get a battery powered one and throw a bang bang powered generator in the bed to charge the batteries in case I want to go more than a few miles.
I know that alternatives are coming but until I can't get gasoline or parts for my bang bangers I will keep using the more complex bangers.
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Haha, well said.
I recognize the impracticality in a few corner cases for electric drivetrains at the moment. That doesn't really change that internal combustion engines are inferior to gas engines in every way.
Efficiency, weight, power-to-weight, size, reliability, noise level, capital cost, lifecycle cost, maintenance, power curve...

When you add in the battery, the situation changes a lot. There is an absurd amount of investment going into battery tech right now. There is none, actually negative, R&D and investment money going into gas engine tech. There's almost no room left in the laws of physics to make much improvement for gas engines, but we're still in the early stages of battery tech. It's going to be very rapid change for a few decades.

I drove my Tesla almost 200 miles to my sister's and back yesterday. Cost me $7 in electricity (@ $.13 kW⋅h) driving 75-80mph most of the way, and ripping through the backwoods for 15 miles near my house on the return trip, exceeding 140mph on a straight and just punishing the thing through the twisties. Didn't need a generator. Or even to stop at all either way. Electric stuff owns all. It's game over. Done. Fin.
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Rockit401
Cool. I am happy for you.
I hope your new ranger will be everything you hoped it would be.
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One of the new toy on the block folks. Interesting to see his take in 3 years...
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Owned a Tesla for more than 3. My take is still good. You know how much maintenance I have done in 3 years? I filled the windshield washer fluid. Guess what the maintenance interval is for the next 5 years? Fill the windshield washer fluid.
Bonus: I didn't have to pray to the oil gods and get on the internet to do figure out which oil hoax to believe in.

I converted all my outdoor tools to electric. Chainsaw, pole saw, leaf blower, hedge trimmer, line trimmer. Electric is better. Straight up. I would convert tractor and riding mower if I could. They just don't make an equivalent yet. No carb, no spark plug, no fuel filter, no air filter, no oil changes, no "bad gas", no ethanol free crap, no mixing oil. All stuff from the ancient times.
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Small tools, no problem. How long are the batteries supposed to last and what is the cost for replacement on the Tesla?
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The Amsoil kit is 20$ cheaper than the dealers for the oil change kit so i recommend checking that out as its great oil
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Rangerwhit said:
Small tools, no problem. How long are the batteries supposed to last and what is the cost for replacement on the Tesla?
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There are varying opinions. Tesla previously labeled the last gen packs "million mile" packs. The most pessimist forecasts say 20% performance loss in 10 years. The batteries are very recyclable, however. And the scale makes it financially appealing to do so for 1st and 3rd parties. Given the investment being made into battery lifecycle, in 10 years the pack will cost way less that it does now. Or roughly what you would spend on Amsoil over 10 years ;)

The cost per unit of energy for batteries is falling pretty quickly as the S curve of the development cycle hits the vertical part of the S and economies of scale kick in.
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Titos said:
OStraight up. I would convert tractor and riding mower if I could. They just don't make an equivalent yet.
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Say what?

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for being such a zealot, you sure you know what you're talking about? Electric might have a place, but blind allegiance to the EV agenda is assinine. Anyway, my bet is you won't put your money where your mouth is.
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I have a Deere X739 rider and a Deere 3720 tractor. There is no electric replacement for these. If there were, I would own them. I can understand why an ignoramus would think any mower is any mower and any tractor is any tractor. So silly.
Your comment is just cram packed with bitter. "zealot", "agenda", "assinine" :p
Control yourself, tiger.

The world isn't out to get you. Being offended by me just grants me power. You shouldn't do that.
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