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Filling the Oil tank

ultrasks700

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Planning a trip and curious to what you guys are getting for mileage on a tank of oil, its hard to judge the level without having a clear tank. I usually fill it up every ride but I'm planning a couple hundred mile ride and want to plan how many times I will need to refill the tank
 

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Oil tank holds 3.6 Qts. My sled was full from dealer when I picked it up and have used a couple oz. over 2 qts when I topped it off at 100 miles with most of that on the break in clock. I had a little over 7 hours on it at that time too. It is pretty miserly with the oil compared to the bros. blue Doo.
 

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At 143miles mine used 87oz.
Should be less going forward.
First 2 trips i took it easy. Got 6.5-7mpg 3rd and 4th trip i averaged 5.8mpg so, it seems a touch better on fuel than the ole Zuke. Deffinately use less oil!
All my cats since 2009 have been ~28:1, this sled seems closer to 40:1 after breakin.

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summ8rmk

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Almost 300miles on sled.
Avg. 45-50:1 oil ratio.
Kinda scared. All my Zuke 800's avg 28:1.
She is thirsty with the fuel, 5mpg in deep snow.

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Went on a trail ride last weekend.
128miles, 13.5 Gallons of gas and 32oz of oil.
Could easily go 250miles without adding oil on trail rides.
Half of that if ur mountain riding.

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It depends how hard you are on the throttle and how deep the snow is, i've done a 45 mile ride and burned 1/2 litre when it wasn't deep, then the next weekend it was over the hood and i burned a 3/4 in 25 miles. It has to be something to do with the electric oil pump being variable.
 
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