Good Afternoon,
First post here. I have a 2006 Yamaha Raptor 700R that i purchased last december from the original owner. He seemed to take fairly good care of it and I intend to do the same. I have been using Mobil 1 4T 10W-40 and changing the oil every 3-4 rides. I recently installed an hour meter and switched over to Rotella T4 15-40 (changing every 5 hours) to save a little cash on oil changes. In your guys opinion, am I better off with the M1 Full synthetic with longer OCI's or stick with the Rotella T4 Dino and change it more often? It is a shared sump, so trying to avoid fuel contamination as well.
I ride in Florida (Dust/Silt/Sand/Mud/ a little bit of everything), and I would say I have the throttle pegged 60% of the time I am riding. I am leaning toward sticking with Rotella and more frequent OCI but figured I would ask here first before I stick with a long term plan.
First post here. I have a 2006 Yamaha Raptor 700R that i purchased last december from the original owner. He seemed to take fairly good care of it and I intend to do the same. I have been using Mobil 1 4T 10W-40 and changing the oil every 3-4 rides. I recently installed an hour meter and switched over to Rotella T4 15-40 (changing every 5 hours) to save a little cash on oil changes. In your guys opinion, am I better off with the M1 Full synthetic with longer OCI's or stick with the Rotella T4 Dino and change it more often? It is a shared sump, so trying to avoid fuel contamination as well.
I ride in Florida (Dust/Silt/Sand/Mud/ a little bit of everything), and I would say I have the throttle pegged 60% of the time I am riding. I am leaning toward sticking with Rotella and more frequent OCI but figured I would ask here first before I stick with a long term plan.