Sledguy74 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Saw as on Snowmobiler TV for Schaeffer synthetic 2-stroke oil.......anyone heard of it? use it ? thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledguy74 Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Farmer Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Farmer Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Doo Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Farmer Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledguy74 Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manotickmike Posted January 3, 2021 Share 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted January 4, 2021 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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