recall engine oil consumption - Page 8 - Polaris RZR Forum

mauricio · #**106** (**permalink**) September 24th, 2008, 09:12 AM

Didnt think the rods where that easy to bend just needed to here it from someone else thanks for the reply.

FORKLIFMAN · #**107** (**permalink**) September 24th, 2008, 02:15 PM

Ok Heres My Story
I Odered A 2009 Rzr.picked It Up For A 1 Week Rideing And Breaking In Period.i Ordered The Works The Windsheild The Top And So On.i Ride In Red Dirt In The Sierra Foot Hills In Calif. And If You Know Anything About Red Dirt You Know It Is Fine Dusty Dirt. It Get In Every Where!!!!
I Bought It From The Dealer In The Area As It Is 2 And 1/2 Hours From Where I Live.
I Am A Mechanic So I Treated Her Well, Cleaned The Air Filter Every Ride Change The Oil And Filter Second Day! Fouled The Plugs Teh Second Day. Called Dealer 3rd Day. Told Them How It Fouled Plugs,and It Wouldn't Idle Because Of It.
There Response Mmmmmmm.thats Strange?
By The Fifth Day And 125 Miles I Am Fed Up With The Dust And Remove My Filthy Windheild,wow Nice No More Dust, Tooo Late That Day The Motor Locked Up Tight.
I Was Climbing A Hill, So What Thats What I Bought It For, Too Ride!!!!!!!
Took It To The Dealer And Tole Them I Thought Because The Windsheild Was On For The First Few Days May Have Contributed To The Motor Problem. Service Manager's Response Is, You Shouldn't Of Been Rideing It In This Enviroment With It On. Where Was He When I Ordered All The Stuff For It. Now You Tell Me.
Well Polarus Declined The Claim ,but This Dealer Came Through And Got Them To Cover The Problem.
I Am Picking It Up This Sat. Already Have Afe Filters For It And I Am Changeing The Snorkel Configuration.
And Will Surpper Baby It This Time.
I Love The Machine And Look Forward To Rideing Again!!!!!!!!
D.m.

killseeker · #**108** (**permalink**) September 24th, 2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by FORKLIFMAN

Ok Heres My Story
I Odered A 2009 Rzr.picked It Up For A 1 Week Rideing And Breaking In Period.i Ordered The Works The Windsheild The Top And So On.i Ride In Red Dirt In The Sierra Foot Hills In Calif. And If You Know Anything About Red Dirt You Know It Is Fine Dusty Dirt. It Get In Every Where!!!!
I Bought It From The Dealer In The Area As It Is 2 And 1/2 Hours From Where I Live.
I Am A Mechanic So I Treated Her Well, Cleaned The Air Filter Every Ride Change The Oil And Filter Second Day! Fouled The Plugs Teh Second Day. Called Dealer 3rd Day. Told Them How It Fouled Plugs,and It Wouldn't Idle Because Of It.
There Response Mmmmmmm.thats Strange?
By The Fifth Day And 125 Miles I Am Fed Up With The Dust And Remove My Filthy Windheild,wow Nice No More Dust, Tooo Late That Day The Motor Locked Up Tight.
I Was Climbing A Hill, So What Thats What I Bought It For, Too Ride!!!!!!!
Took It To The Dealer And Tole Them I Thought Because The Windsheild Was On For The First Few Days May Have Contributed To The Motor Problem. Service Manager's Response Is, You Shouldn't Of Been Rideing It In This Enviroment With It On. Where Was He When I Ordered All The Stuff For It. Now You Tell Me.
Well Polarus Declined The Claim ,but This Dealer Came Through And Got Them To Cover The Problem.
I Am Picking It Up This Sat. Already Have Afe Filters For It And I Am Changeing The Snorkel Configuration.
And Will Surpper Baby It This Time.
I Love The Machine And Look Forward To Rideing Again!!!!!!!!
D.m.

man for a Mechanic you sure running with a short deck.
one day is not even close to the brake in time. 25 to 50 hours, is your brake in time. you was not even close.
it has a half&half oil mix, you poured out your brake in oil, they put that mix in, just for the brake in time. and you need to run it the full brake in time or even a little longer. and taken it easy in that brake in time.
from all i been reading people think they bought a jump&go rider.
man like all new things, you have to allow for the brake in time. before you try to climb trees, with it.

and as for all the dirt and dust, up under the dash you will find a lot of places to put foam and duct tape to stop a lot of that dirt and dust from coming in,
about an hours worth of work and it will make the air you ride in tast a lot better

FORKLIFMAN · #**109** (**permalink**) September 24th, 2008, 06:13 PM

The dealer I bought mine at, when he called to tell me it was in and ready for delivery,qoute"Are you ready to do some jumping". So yes thats what I was told and sold, a mean machine to do some rideing not strolling down memory lane.

I have a long deck, if your so inclined. Doesn't matter how many times you change the oil!!!
Have you read the other threads this is a common problem with the dust with the windsheild and thats what blew the motor! Thanx for the hint about the dash.

kenny · #**110** (**permalink**) October 28th, 2008, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tdc1200

yea, well I got 24 hours on my RZR, it burns about 1/2QT every 5 hrs. Aweful! We need class action here if they intend on leaving us with no true fix. What good is a warranty rebuild if its gonna happen over and over? They need to relocate the air intake, put better rings on, add oilers in the block, and provide better filtration. This is crap! I should have knowen better than to go Canadian.

Canadian hell. American made junk(Polaris) I should have known better than to buy anything made in USA.....

kenny · #**111** (**permalink**) October 29th, 2008, 10:51 AM

acsracing is a whole lot misguided on where the Polaris RZR is built. It is manufactured in USA. I did know better than to buy anything Polaris but made the mistake anyway's. My first and last Polaris for sure.

jlestanguet · #**112** (**permalink**) October 29th, 2008, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dgal

If I only had 15k in mine I would burn it.I've spent so much money building the coolest little buggy that I'm at Polaris's mercy to fix it.If they don't warranty a new motor does anyone know where you can buy one complete?I don't have time to rebuild it myself and I'm sure the crank is gone also now.

I got them to replace my motor but if you want a kick a$$ motor goto the waiste land web site and check out their webber motor kit but still fight to get polaris to replace motor for free and then put a dfr filter on

Bischstyles · #**113** (**permalink**) October 29th, 2008, 04:35 PM

My Polaris mechanic called me today regarding my oil consumption, fouling plugs problems (30 hours). He said the oil rings were shot but the compression rings were fine. Compression was in the normal range and the cylinder just needed to be honned. My warranty expired months ago and Polaris covered all labor and parts (new top end) except fluids. The mechanic said it was caused by dust inhalation and should check filter regularly and use an alternative intake set up. He also said the bottom end would be fine since compression is good and the compression rings were in good shape meaning the dust didn't make it past the compression rings.

wake_roks · #**114** (**permalink**) November 3rd, 2008, 07:30 PM

the first day i had my rzr i flipped it! i noticed that there was oil all over everything!!! rode and drove fine that day but the next day it wouldn't idle at all!! then we realized that the intake tube fell off!! i rode it all the day before without a air filter without even knowing it!!! we put it back on and still wouldn't idle! then i flipped it again and the tube came off again, oil all over everything again... but it still says its fine on the dipstick! we researched on here and found that we needed to clean out the mas air flow sensor! after that it ran fine! i wash it regularly but still notice oil all over the the engine!! i don't know what it is!!! but it still runs good!!!

kenny · #**115** (**permalink**) November 3rd, 2008, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lukeandrew60

Anyone else think a UTV should be able to handle dirt and/or dust?

I'm a farmer. I bought this so called utility vehicle for one purpose..to use. I ride it on limestone rock roads and dirt. I had about 1200 miles on it (3 months) on this rig when i started noticing the oil consumption issues most everyone seems to be ranting about. My turn to rant.

I took my rzr, all $12,500worth, to my dealer. "Oh my we've never heard of anything like this(that whole story)", they said. Which, maybe they have'nt, it just a little shop maybe sold 3 or 4 of em. After 3 weeks I got a call saying the airbox is plugged and the rings, blah$, blah$, blah$ are probably shot we'll call polaris and see whats up. I told them that i've read about some issues with the airbox and that most have been fixed under warranty(I've got the extended one). Well isn't that grand, i have $12,500 in this used to be fast, good looking P.O.S.. Dealer called polaris, they blamed it on me, said it was a maintenence issue. And now it's my fault it shot the you know what because I didn't check the air filter once a week. Are you flippin kiddin me, an air filter should be a once a year or so deal kinda like almost every other motor. This rzr is my utility vehicle not my wife for cryin out loud.

I've got a '94 honda foreman that runs like a top I couldn't even tell you where to look for the air filter. Not saying i'm a complete and total idiot when it comes to mechanical stuff, but this is just stupid. If you build a engine design it for what it's intended for. If you f up stand by it...cowards. Nothing against those fancy health care havin Canucks (i don't want beat up next time i go skiing in B.C.), but jeezz take it easy on the weak American $.

I just can't wait to get bent over and take a lil anal action when i get the bill for the rebuild.

Peace.

It has nothing to do with Canucks, Polaris is all American junk like anything else they build.

kenny · #**116** (**permalink**) November 5th, 2008, 07:35 PM

Nothing to do with Canadian. Polaris is made in USA so that should tell you it's junk.

RZRCRZY · #**117** (**permalink**) November 6th, 2008, 08:39 AM

Kenny, You don't clean your air filter???? Are you crazy???? I bet you smoke cigarettes and blame the the tobacco company for your cancer.

These are "off road" machines...
Dust = dirty filter
You clean filter, machine = happy

michigan mudder · #**118** (**permalink**) November 6th, 2008, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by lukeandrew60

Anyone else think a UTV should be able to handle dirt and/or dust?

I'm a farmer. I bought this so called utility vehicle for one purpose..to use. I ride it on limestone rock roads and dirt. I had about 1200 miles on it (3 months) on this rig when i started noticing the oil consumption issues most everyone seems to be ranting about. My turn to rant.

I took my rzr, all $12,500worth, to my dealer. "Oh my we've never heard of anything like this(that whole story)", they said. Which, maybe they have'nt, it just a little shop maybe sold 3 or 4 of em. After 3 weeks I got a call saying the airbox is plugged and the rings, blah$, blah$, blah$ are probably shot we'll call polaris and see whats up. I told them that i've read about some issues with the airbox and that most have been fixed under warranty(I've got the extended one). Well isn't that grand, i have $12,500 in this used to be fast, good looking P.O.S.. Dealer called polaris, they blamed it on me, said it was a maintenence issue. And now it's my fault it shot the you know what because I didn't check the air filter once a week. Are you flippin kiddin me, an air filter should be a once a year or so deal kinda like almost every other motor. This rzr is my utility vehicle not my wife for cryin out loud.

I've got a '94 honda foreman that runs like a top I couldn't even tell you where to look for the air filter. Not saying i'm a complete and total idiot when it comes to mechanical stuff, but this is just stupid. If you build a engine design it for what it's intended for. If you f up stand by it...cowards. Nothing against those fancy health care havin Canucks (i don't want beat up next time i go skiing in B.C.), but jeezz take it easy on the weak American $.

I just can't wait to get bent over and take a lil anal action when i get the bill for the rebuild.

Peace.

I absolutely agree that the stock RZR air box set up is a joke. I love my RZR and was pretty dissapointed that the answer from Polaris was the new filter I got in the mail. I had really hoped that Polaris would have recalled and changed the airbox set up. After spending the kind of $$ on the RZR we all have, nobody should have to drop $500 on an aftermarket air intake system just to keep the motor alive. But what I really dont understand is how you can know that your machine is using oil, realize that there is something seriously wrong enough that it needs to go to the dealer for warranty work, and not bother to even open the airbox, or change the filter. I saw a 2008 RZR come into my dealer that was using oil. The owner knew the rings were probly shot, but never even looked at the filter. When they opened the airbox it must have had 1 1/2" of sand in the box. Of course his rebuild was denied under warranty. If you expect ANYTHING to be warrantied on your RZR or any other machine, you must AT LEAST follow the maintenance schedule in your owners manual. Im not saying that I think having to check the filter and clean it after every ride isnt a joke. But the airbox on the RZR is a serious problem, and if you want Polaris to warranty a rebuild, at least look at your filer before you take it to the dealer with blown rings. Polaris wont bother to redesign the airbox if so many owners keep giving them such easy reasons to deny warranty claims....................

binman26 · #**119** (**permalink**) November 6th, 2008, 02:05 PM

i have just purchased an 09 rzr. is there somthing that needs to be done to the intake on this, or did polaris fix this issue on these??
thanks guys!
Brent

Bischstyles · #**120** (**permalink**) November 6th, 2008, 02:56 PM

I would snorkel the intake outside the bed and add a secondary air filter onto the snorkel. A larger air filter is not a fix and the stock intake configuration / box sucks! Just my two cents...