New to E-TEC, have a few ?'s...

JLeosnow · Oct 14, 2012

Hey all,
Coming from a 2008 Summit 154" 800R to a new XM, I had a few questions regarding the change....

1) I ran the semi-synthetic Ski-Doo oil in my 800R and was wondering if this is also sufficient for the 800 E-TEC.

2) I had a HPS muffler/can on the 800R and was looking for suggestions on which canisters have worked well on the 800 E-TEC sleds.

Thanks all,
-John

Summitxm86 · Oct 14, 2012

My dealer mechanic said absolutely ONLY FULL SYNTHETIC nothing else he said can go in e-tec engine but full

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jdog1 · Oct 14, 2012

I have ran semi for 2 years in mine with no problems. Hps seems to be the can of choice.

winter brew · Oct 15, 2012

I would run the full synthetic. No reason not too, these things use a lot less oil than your '08 did and there will be no questions if you ever need warranty work since full synthetic is the recomended oil. I'm sure there are a thousand oils that will be fine but why bother is my opinion.
SLP and HPS are always good choices.

cubby · Oct 15, 2012

I run full syn in mine also but when I looked at the sticker on the side of my oil tank it says to run the blend, so I don't know if you could get in trouble with a dealer if it came down to it but I was told by my dealer to run the full syn.

JLeosnow · Oct 15, 2012

Thanks all for the input!

So on to the can...what seems to be the going price on the HPS canister for the 800 E-TEC these days? Don't see many places on-line advertising them.

Thanks,
-John

Summitxm86 · Oct 15, 2012

I liked the mbrp can myself what r ur guys thought on the mbrp vs others

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cubby · Oct 15, 2012

Go to Big John's web site and buy from him he has a good price. $350+ shipping
sledheadracing.com I think.

wwracer · Oct 15, 2012

cubby said:
I run full syn in mine also but when I looked at the sticker on the side of my oil tank it says to run the blend, so I don't know if you could get in trouble with a dealer if it came down to it but I was told by my dealer to run the full syn.

It's the dangest thing... that sticker. Factory requires FULL synthethic to meet warrenty requirments, but when replacing broken/damaged oil tanks they ship replacements with the same wrong sticker:face-icon-small-con

cubby · Oct 16, 2012

wwracer said:
It's the dangest thing... that sticker. Factory requires FULL synthethic to meet warrenty requirments, but when replacing broken/damaged oil tanks they ship replacements with the same wrong sticker:face-icon-small-con

Sorry but this machine was boughten brand new from myself with .2 miles on it. So it has not been replaced and there are a lot of others out there that say theirs say the same thing, so I'm not sure about the replacement ones cause I've never seen one.

rmk01r1der · Oct 16, 2012

Run full. From what I've read HPS and SLP are the 2 leaders for the Etec. HPS you lose more weight but its loud. SLP meets noise regulations but isn't as light as HPS. Either seems like a good choice IMO

dropitbuster · Oct 16, 2012

Pre-mix?

Do you have to run pre-mix in the first tank or is this taken care of by the computer during the break-in period? How long is the break-in again?

mtn mike on boost · Oct 16, 2012

Anyone with experience running the carbon fiber can
on the e tec? I dont want to spend that kind of money
and have a bog
thx

wwracer · Oct 16, 2012

cubby said:
Sorry but this machine was boughten brand new from myself with .2 miles on it. So it has not been replaced and there are a lot of others out there that say theirs say the same thing, so I'm not sure about the replacement ones cause I've never seen one.

I understand that, the point is the sleds were shipped new with the wrong stickers, and they still provide the wrong info on the replacement part... not a big deal really but in the warranty world it could give a customer some wiggle room if using the "wrong oil"

winter brew · Oct 17, 2012

mtn mike on boost said:
Anyone with experience running the carbon fiber can
on the e tec? I dont want to spend that kind of money
and have a bog
thx

Carbonsledparts has a good product IMO.
The '12+ etec calibration is much less prone to the clutching and exhaust triggered stumbles that plagued some of the 11's.

-lenny- · Oct 17, 2012

Should be noted, you will probably need to wear earplugs with the CF can.

mtn mike on boost · Oct 17, 2012

-lenny- said:
Should be noted, you will probably need to wear earplugs with the CF can.

Thats what i would have thought because of the design, but my buddy has one on his xp and i was suprised how reasonable the sound level was.
Does the packing need to be changed regularly to keep the levels down?

Blu Du · Oct 17, 2012

will my can from the 09 work on my new e-tec?

winter brew · Oct 18, 2012

Blu Du said:
will my can from the 09 work on my new e-tec?

No.

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