Sledguy74 Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 Saw as on Snowmobiler TV for Schaeffer synthetic 2-stroke oil.......anyone heard of it? use it ? thx
revrnd Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 I've heard of them but have never seen any of their product (even in the US). https://www.schaefferoil.com/ Are they a sponsor of the show this season? Hard to say if they'd be blending their own oil or rebranding an oil from another refiner. My advice is to stick w/ an oil that you've been using before or has been around. Every so often brands pop up & are supposed to be the latest thing since sliced bread. Was it Ipone or Silkolene that smelled like strawberries? I know they may be popular oils in Europe, I don't think they've done well in the North American sled market. I seem to remember Supertrax or OSM 'pushing' an oil a few years ago (Legend?) Then a few years ago Mystik appears out of nowhere.
Sledguy74 Posted January 3, 2021 Author Posted January 3, 2021 Ya I hear you, just curious if anyone used it and how it worked I saw the ad and was just curious
Strong Farmer Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 24 minutes ago, Sledguy74 said: Ya I hear you, just curious if anyone used it and how it worked I saw the ad and was just curious What’s wrong with Polaris oil besides price? Those guys get product for free to do a review. I always used manufacturer oil except Yamaha’s no synthetic available then, so I used shell, since it was easy to find at gas stations at the time.
revrnd Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 26 minutes ago, Strong Farmer said: What’s wrong with Polaris oil besides price? Those guys get product for free to do a review. I always used manufacturer oil except Yamaha’s no synthetic available then, so I used shell, since it was easy to find at gas stations at the time. Used to use Castrol in pre-SDI sleds. Interceptor in the SDIs (everyone hated the stink of the BRP synthetic oil). I'm using Mobil 1 0W40 in the ACE now.
Strong Farmer Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Just now, revrnd said: Used to use Castrol in pre-SDI sleds. Interceptor in the SDIs (everyone hated the stink of the BRP synthetic oil). I'm using Mobil 1 0W40 in the ACE now. Notice any difference over brp oil?
revrnd Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, Strong Farmer said: Notice any difference over brp oil? After switching to the Interceptor I had no complaints from the peanut gallery. With the Mobil 1 that a lot of folks use (and BRP says in the manual as long as it's API SM it's OK to use) CTC has it on sale every so often. I have no idea what the XPS 4stroke oil goes for.
Turbo Doo Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, revrnd said: After switching to the Interceptor I had no complaints from the peanut gallery. With the Mobil 1 that a lot of folks use (and BRP says in the manual as long as it's API SM it's OK to use) CTC has it on sale every so often. I have no idea what the XPS 4stroke oil goes for. ALOT....
Strong Farmer Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, Turbo Doo said: ALOT.... You don’t change oil though you just trade? No 500 Km service no more?
Sledguy74 Posted January 3, 2021 Author Posted January 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Strong Farmer said: What’s wrong with Polaris oil besides price? Those guys get product for free to do a review. I always used manufacturer oil except Yamaha’s no synthetic available then, so I used shell, since it was easy to find at gas stations at the time. Never complained about oil price, use amsoil or Polaris . Schaeffer was a brand I never heard of.
revrnd Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Sledguy74 said: Never complained about oil price, use amsoil or Polaris . Schaeffer was a brand I never heard of. At least it's not a zombie brand like Bell & Howell...
manotickmike Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Or Motorola... Ipone has a strawberry scented oil. Their 2T bike oil is VERY highly rated. I just use it in my KTM to annoy fellow riders on occasion. Some guys fart in an elevator, I use Ipone.
revrnd Posted January 4, 2021 Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, manotickmike said: Or Motorola... Ipone has a strawberry scented oil. Their 2T bike oil is VERY highly rated. I just use it in my KTM to annoy fellow riders on occasion. Some guys fart in an elevator, I use Ipone. Thanks! I wasn't sure if the strawberry oil was Ipone or Silkolene. I wasn't knocking those brands but they had a tough row to hoe if they wanted to make in roads in the sled oil market. You have the OEM brands & a few other aftermarket brands, Shell, Castrol & Amsoil. I'm sure you can name some bike oil brands, but they're likely unknown to guys that aren't dirt bikers.
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