Oil Tank Capacity

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How much oil will the 2005 900 tank hold ?

I also noticed the pickup is halfway up the tank, does it go to the bottom internally ?

 

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about 3 qts. The hose in the middle goes to the center chamber of the engine where the water pump and oil pump shaft is. No oil is burned by this area so the hose just keeps it full. Even if the oil is below that hose the level won't drop in that area unless you have a leak of flip the sled upside down.

 

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Still confused

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So is the hose in the middle a return hose from the pump ?

That makes no sense.

If it doesn't go to the bottom of the tank, why such a deep tank ?

 

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No, it is not a return hose. It has nothing to do with your oil injection. It goes between cylinders to center of engine. Oil injection pump hose is on the bottom of the tank.

 

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Hidden Hose

There is another hose at the bottom of the tank that feeds the oil pump.

Still confused about the Hose halfway up.

Is it a return hose ?

 

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No it is not a return hose.

 

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The upper hose goes between the cylinders and lubricates the oil/water pump shaft in an oil-bath system such as with any 4-stroke motor. The oil injection is fed by a hose coming off the very bottom of the oil tank and is routed around the PTO side of the motor behind the clutch .

 

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Gravity feed ?

So if the Hose half way up has no oil covering it then the water pump shaft goes dry ?

Is this gravity feed, if so how long can you run it with the tank below that hose before you have Issues ?

 

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SixtySevenGT said:

So if the Hose half way up has no oil covering it then the water pump shaft goes dry ?

Is this gravity feed, if so how long can you run it with the tank below that hose before you have Issues ?

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The shaft cavity has seals on all access points most notably on the crankshaft. If your seals on your crank start to go bad, you will notice the oil level in the tank will fall rapidly until it reaches the upper intake hose where the level will stabilize. Yes, the cavity is gravity fed. As long as you do not see this happening that means that your seals are in good shape and you have no reason to worry about it going dry in a hurry.

As common practice, I always fill my oil tank to the top before every ride and often have a look at it after the end of the day just to see how much I used... I try to make it a habit to look over things like this so I don't have any surprises.

 

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SixtySevenGT said:

So if the Hose half way up has no oil covering it then the water pump shaft goes dry ?

Is this gravity feed, if so how long can you run it with the tank below that hose before you have Issues ?

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As stated above if your seals are good there you can ride with the level below that hose forever or untill you park your sled upside down for a while.

 

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Does anyone keep track of how many miles you can go before your low oil light comes on? I'm trying to figure out a long ride and need to know if I need to bring extra oil

 

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Icehawg said:

Does anyone keep track of how many miles you can go before your low oil light comes on? I'm trying to figure out a long ride and need to know if I need to bring extra oil

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Why even tempt it? Had a buddy burn his sled down because his Low oil light was burnt out. Top it off before every ride and bring extra with you... I bought a quart cradle and it fits a polaris quart container just perfect. I just use the bottle and keep refilling it with interceptor.