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What did you do to your Spyder today?
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Dasmoetorhead
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Wdaniels
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I switched to the Amsoil metric 10w-40 synthetic vs the BRP oil kit I have been buying. I then got the oil filter and o rings kit from Slingmods. I noticed the bike shifts smoother and the motor is quieter now. I'm still considering changing the oil and filter at 5,000 miles vs the 3,000 I have been doing since I bought the bike. I know they say I can go longer but I just don't feel comfortable doing that yet.
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mecsw500
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I'm pretty picky about oil change intervals and I'm certainly not going the 9,300 miles Can Am says you can between oil changes for a Spyder. However, I think with a quality full synthetic oil (whatever "full synthetic" means these days) 5,000 miles is more than frequent enough especially with a name brand like Amsoil. I think 3,000 mile intervals are not really necessary and a little bit over cautious. These modern oils are just fine with 5,000 mile changes, no problem at all.
I've been doing 5,000 mile oil changes with a 2021 Spyder for 5 years, and now a 2026 Spyder, and my service department thinks I'm pretty cautious. Amsoil will still be perfectly serviceable at 5,000 miles, and probably much longer than that realistically. I did 2,000 miles for the first change and 5,000 miles from then on with no significant oil degradation. Filters are always clean. Oil comes out as it should.
These Spyders are not a very highly stressed engine with moderate power output and a very large 5 quart dry sump system where the oil suffers less as a result. The highest stress is likely to be shearing effects from the transmission and modern high quality oils will easily withstand that for 5,000 miles no issue. Saving 40% of your oil change costs without doing any harm at all to your engine will go a long way to offset the price of premium gas right now.
Anyway, your mileage may vary of course.
Cobranut
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I agree with mecsw500.
50 years ago we did 3,000 mile intervals on our cars, and I usually did 1,000 miles on my old bikes, but oil back then was conventional with far less advanced additive packages, and the air cooled engines ran drastically higher oil temps than the water cooled engines of today Also, most lacked a spin-on filter.
I'll continue with 5,000 mile changes on my Spyder, and am confident that the oil will still be good for that mileage.
50 years ago we did 3,000 mile intervals on our cars, and I usually did 1,000 miles on my old bikes, but oil back then was conventional with far less advanced additive packages, and the air cooled engines ran drastically higher oil temps than the water cooled engines of today Also, most lacked a spin-on filter.
I'll continue with 5,000 mile changes on my Spyder, and am confident that the oil will still be good for that mileage.
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