All oil is NOT equal
E-TECs require high-tech blend; here’s how XPS oil is different
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November 29, 2011 Do not, I repeat, do not listen to anyone who tells you that all 2-stroke sled oil is the same.
While some snowmobiles may actually start and run on many kinds of 2-stroke oil, Ski-Doo’s more advanced E-TEC 2-stroke engine will not, at least it will not run as well, or as long, on lower grade oils.
We always try to use the recommended Ski-Doo XPS oil in our E-TEC-equipped sleds, but the importance of using this high-tech oil in these direct-injected engines did not hit home until we took a trip to BRP’s XPS oil development lab.
BRP promotes that its XPS oils are “Engineered for your Rotax Engine,” which we would expect. But we wanted to see just what this “engineering process” consisted of.
We got more than we bargained for!
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