[BHB]

What oil would be best in a 2017 Rancher fa2 w/ dct tranny ? Honda pro gn4 10w30 or Rotella T6 5w40 ?

 

[SamUK]

Oil manufacturers are few and far between, you’ll often find the ‘cheap’ and unknown name brands are infact made by leading suppliers just bottled differently.

Oil grades DO matter though, that first number is the viscosity of the oil when it cold (I’m sure that’s right) so it’s that viscosity in a cold motor is definitely necessary.

Stick with whatever the manual states for your ATV, if I’m any doubt, contact your local dealer.

 

[TBRider]

I just changed my oil at the 1000km mark with rotella T6, and a K&N oil filter, I noticed a difference in the bikes preformance after, feels like it hooks up better now, and starts nice in the extreme cold, -28°C and it turned over the same as always, my bike is a 2017 rubicon.

 

[Macarena Man]

Rotella is a well known brand ...... Shell Oil
If the oil is approved for wet clutch operation, and is available in the weight/multi-grade that you like ..... use it!
Am using Rotella in my diesel trucks and my 450S ..... it's good oil.

 

[Jeepwm69]

I use T6 in all mine.

JASO MA is what you're looking for in the circle on the back of the bottle

 

[tbzep]

T6 in both my motorcycles and the 420.

 

[Honda199]

Iv used HP4S honda full syn 4 stroke motorcycle oil in my 13 rubicon flawless, all the guys around here run that in there honda atvs

 

[wheelsquad]

T6 in all my family's ATV's, all my lawn mowers and other small engines, and I think by the end of the year all my vehicles will be running it as well. Then it will be the only oil on my shelves.

The rebate on Shell's website is $7 per gallon now too. Up from $5 last year.

 

[Bryan]

Alot of people run the T6, just make sure the bottle says JASO MA. I used a mix of the honda and mobil1 4t oil. Always had good results. My grizzly doesnt like mobil1

 

[alloutdoors]

Great comments and would only add given a 2017 model I assume it’s under warranty and would be inclined to get to know the dealer by buying oil/filters and run OEM. As mentioned approved oils are acceptable.

 

[fishfiles]

I think if I had your atv , I would run the OEM oil , but don't think you have to

even though all I have every used in the last 30 years plus is Shell Rotella in everything from dozers to my trucks , atvs , lawn mowers , log splitter , etc , etc -------as far as the certification on the bottle goes , it doesn't bother me that the conventional Rotella doesn't have the spec suggested by ATV manufacturers , I was told a long time ago by a Shell Rep. , that Shell is required to pay for the testing of that cert. , so they don't certify "" every "" one of their blends to be able to wear that cert. spec on the bottle , but it doesn't mean that their oils with out the spec doesn't meet the spec , for many years while I was service manager of a equipment rental store with multiple locations , under the recommendations of the Rep. all we used was conventional Shell Rotella 10w30 in every gas engine and 15w40 in every diesel engine without any problems , I can't see paying extra for a cert.

a interesting thing about synthetic oil which I believe to be true , a lot of people think synthetic oil is man made , it is really just oil that man manipulated , say there are 3 types of atoms in oil , A,B and C , A being the best quality atoms , they process the oil and remove all the A's ---often wonder where all the lesser quality atoms go to , maybe Circle K Golden State motor oil

 

[_Wilson_]

I agree with the fellows, rotella IS great oil , but in your case I'd go with oem (gn4) just to mention a few of. my engines from a 855 cid 470 horse cummins, john deer 466 cid 133 horse combine engine, ford 4000 selecto speed, johndeer 4040 404 cid engine that had 20,000 hours when the hour meter stoped counting (20 plus years ago ) ago, and the ol 97 xj jeep 4 leter 6 cylinder n all my small 4 stoke engines with no problems.....that being stated, im a die hard honda fan, hence the 86 trx 350 n 300fwd and honda gx tiller get gn4 , only....., IF ? I had to go with another brand then YES..... Rotella , i can't say enough good things about shell rotella oils

 

[Goober]

BHB I don’t think you mentioned your climate? The weight sounds ok for cold weather operation but if you’re in the desert maybe a bit light. Your operation or service manual may specify weights for different environmental conditions, so start there.

You may also find your unit starts easier or shifts better by using a particular lubricant or weight.

 

[misterclean59]

Good information here.....except it's molecules instead of atoms. LOL

 

[tbzep]

BHB I don’t think you mentioned your climate? The weight sounds ok for cold weather operation but if you’re in the desert maybe a bit light. Your operation or service manual may specify weights for different environmental conditions, so start there.

You may also find your unit starts easier or shifts better by using a particular lubricant or weight.

If I never ran in cold weather, I'd use synthetic Mobil 15w50 by the 5qt jug from Walmart (because it's cheap there). I ran it in my motorcycles for years until I discovered T6 5w40 which flows a little better and puts less stress on the oil pump in cold weather. It made shifts the most buttery smooth of all oils I've used, but T6 isn't far behind...it just gets clunky a little quicker. I have no clue how it will do with a DCT.