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What oil to use?

63K views 45 replies 20 participants last post by  LouisianaXCRacer  
#1 ·
I know this has been asked many times, but for my 2001 sportsman 400, should i use 0w-40, amsoil 0w-50 mobil 1 or 5w-50 castrol i usually only use my atv in the winter, what would be the best oil for me
 
#38 ·
Kinda like a special well water filter thats impregnated with citric acid, the acid has a positive state which neutralizes calcium so the filter is able to separate it from the water. No more white crusty faucets!
 
#41 ·
Still flows thru the front block passages and thru the heads to keep the head temps down. The motor was built for a pull truck that travels 300ft in about 6 seconds.
 
#42 ·
I gotcha....I knew it had to enter that block somewhere to get to those heads. Cant say I've ever seen that though...Thanks for the reply
 
#46 ·
Perhaps they're trying to take advantage of the latest advances in oil technology and back-specing the latest-and-greatest to all their engines. When Polaris sold and recommended 0w40 there weren't many 5w50 oils around and those that were around were high-dollar racing oils. Now oil technology makes 5w50 oil available at a reasonable price and it covers more temperature ranges, truly an arctic to the equator, around the world oil, so they upgraded their spec.

That's my take on it anyway.