Mountain Cat Oil Consumption

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juneau84

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• Feb 27, 2008

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How can I tell if the machine is not using enough oil. I go for a ride the oil does go down but not to much just a little worried and how I can check it or even adjust it. 2003 m/c 900 carb. Any info would be appriciated thank you

 

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ARICH

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• Feb 27, 2008

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check your plugs, if they look ok, then i wouldnt mess with it

 

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Arctic Thunder

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• Feb 27, 2008

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top off your oil. Top of your fuel.

Ride

When you get back measure the amount of oil used in oz.

Fill up with fuel. Multiply your gallons of fuel by 128.

Divide oz of fuel by the oz of oil and you will have the ratio.

So

10 gallons of fuel, and 26 oz of oil.

10x128=1280

1280/26=49.23

so 49.23:1.

Thunder

 

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Boony

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• Feb 27, 2008

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Had an 01 800 that had a bad oil pump. Boondock all day, no problem, but if going more than 10 miles on a trail at 40 to 50, it would seize. Shop had to order in the tooling to test my pump. It's a graduated tube that they hook to the pump inlet, then run the engine at idle for 5 minutes, then at 3000 rpm for 5 minutes. Oil usage is compared to guidelines Slam dunk way to confirm oil pump performance.