What oil is everyone Running?

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Mr. Deere
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Brian how is that oil? I was goin to run it but was a little warry cause it said it was for sleds with exhaust valves. I wasn't sure if it was something special.
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Fresh rebuilds I use Yamalube to assist break-in then switch to Amsoil HP Injector.
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Vintage Sled Cocktail..... Klotz/Amsoil, Sea Foam and High Octane!
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i have had good luck with both klotz and lucas 2 stroke oils .the lucas has a better price than the klotz,but both have that awesome smell to them!-chris
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Amsoil synthetic Interceptor or Dominator in all my sleds: pre-mix vintage and late model Cat Sno Pro's, also injected vintage and modern trail sleds.

I run the highest octane fuel I can. If it has ethanol, I check the plugs and see if I need to pick up the needles a click or jet up one size. In that light, I also use that crazy expensive tygon fuel line that ethanol does not eat like the blue stuff.

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Red line snowmobile
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Schaffers. I use their engine oil in all my vehicles. http://www.schaefferoil.com/supreme-700 ... cycle.html
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Cheap stuff from Walmart in the blue bottle..
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Danzig wrote:Cheap stuff from Walmart in the blue bottle..
this or lucas
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I was lucky enough to get a big box full of "Jonsered" 2-cycle engine oil from my chainsaw dealer. At a good price. I use it in my chainsaw, weed trimmer, tiller, & snowmobile.
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friendlyfarmeria wrote:I was lucky enough to get a big box full of "Jonsered" 2-cycle engine oil from my chainsaw dealer. At a good price. I use it in my chainsaw, weed trimmer, tiller, & snowmobile.
Be careful of chainsaw/weedwacker oil. It is actually a different type of 2 stroke oil. Most snowmobile oils are a TC-W3 oil. The chainsaw oils are a TC type.
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Amsoil Interceptor and the highest octane gas I can get usually ends up being 93. Really pleased with it through 2 seasons of using this combination.
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i have been useing polaris oil with good luck
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tc-w3 is compatable with ethanol tc-w2 is not. i use amsoil
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the only tc-w3 the store had was for outboard motors. is a 2-stroke a 2-stroke snow, or water?
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