How much oil are you using ?

 

100 miles 36 oz of oil,it seems to be getting worse.

 

Their were a few reports of cracked piston ring lands earlier on a few.

 

This is probably what you have going on.. Several guys posted on here with the same issuie. There was even a thread that had pictures of damaged pistions.

 

well it runs great and no sign of burning oil out the exhaust,and no leaks at all. guess I will have to wait to see what the dealer finds.

 

I heard synthetic oil may not smoke when in the exhaust, so don't count that out.

 

Yes, as Tuf said unless it's severely burning oil synthetic oil will not smoke.
I'll give you free advice.... Take off any & all aftermarket equipment. Wash every nook & cranny on the machine. Make it look new before dropping off !!!!!!!


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its totally stock and I allways clean it like new after each ride.

 

How many miles total?
Mine had had 250 miles when I brought it in...for the same thing
Losing a quart every 50 miles, no smoke, no oil burning smell, passed leak down, but was a little low on compression check.

I will almost guaranty, you have a piston land failure!(what I had)
Expect a week to get an answer from Polaris (hope your under warranty)
I received a new short block, some got whole new motors..others got a rebuild :rm_thumbdown:
I was down about month..

Polaris hinted improper break in (which is not true)
New break in instructions were giving to me, by my dealer..(2) tanks at half throttle..multiple heat cycles, etc..should be able to have it broke in, in about 200 more miles..lol

Good luck!

Jeff

 

Well got the news from my dealer,piston had a chunk out of it and the oil ring was barely holding on,this thing was burning oil from the first day.They told me that they had a problem in house when they assembled the motor at the factory,nothing about improper break in.only 120 miles on the machine when I brought it back,there telling me I will have it back in two weeks. I told my dealer when I dropped it off I would except nothing but a brand new motor,and that's what I'm getting. Can't wait to drive it with the new motor cause it ran pretty good with all those broken parts rattling around inside the motor...lol anyway I'm happy with the way they it all went down cause they stood up and fixed the problem and took the blame. This is my first polaris and I'm here to tell you I will buy there product again. Funny to ,just got my new springs from racer tech they look totally different,guess I will just have to wait to try them till I get the machine back.

 

Good to hear! Glad Polaris is talking care of you, and not suggesting to blame the consumer :ride:

 

Mine did same thing too. Replaced motor as well

 

All good.

 

Whats the build date on your unit? Just curious.

 

The motor are shipped ground mine took over a week to get alone. Real world time from order to finish at lest 3 weeks. But all good

 

Not bad.
Seems like 99% of these warranty issues are resolved OK.

 

Glad they took care of you. I wasn't so lucky with my 800.

 

The build date on my machine was sept. Not sure on the day. What happened with your 800. Sunday morning watching nhra qualifing from Florida when all my buddy's are heading south to go riding. Oh well gotta sit out for a couple of weeks.

 

Getting my rzr back tonite after work.not so bad dropped it off two weeks ago and she's got a brand new motor ready to go,he'll there even installing my new springs from racer tech.when I saw the old piston the motor was running pretty dam good and the one oil ring was totally gone.

 

Older thread but glad you guys listed this because i am going threw it with a local dealer right now. After getting the transmission seal leak fixed under warranty, I mentioned that my oil is disappearing. The service guy (not sure if tech, or manager, or just service writer) says well its probably because you have not done your service yet and that I just need an oil change and to keep an eye on the levels. I strongly disagree... oil just doesn't disappear for not changing it, dirtier sure (which mine is clean, 24 hours on it even though have only had it 1 month lol). With in the last 2 hours of use it has gone from full oil level to completely under the "add oil" level. I check it religiously. I hope this is not my issue but nothing else would make sense. No oil leak, No smoke in the exhaust just levels dropping!

How did your dealers come to the conclusion of this being your issue? Any info would be great since I think I have an UP HILL battle with these guys. I told them they need to contact Polaris for approval for a compression check before i pick it up.

 

Just curious, what dealer fixed your transmission leak? I have a leak and I'm nervous about taking it in.

Thanks,

 

Check this post to
http://www.rzrforums.net/rzr-1000-engine/127107-my-1000-using-oil.html
Close friend his motor had the same issue. They should not burn oil like that.....Even if the motor wasnt broekn in. Thats why its a bad oil ring and skirts let loose

 

Your service manager needs to get involved thell have to pull the motor as soon as they open the bottom end they see the issue. Broken pieces every where.....

He need to call polaris they will explain it to him and have to authorize the tear down

 

So I followed up with the dealer today and finally spoke to the service manager. He told me that the request has been submitted and is waiting for Polaris to respond. However he doesn't think they will approve anything. I didn't bother to tell him i had been in contact with Polaris. After hanging up with him, I called Polaris again (FYI their customer service has been great). Polaris informs me that they have not been contacted by the dealer since the Transmission work from last week. I explain what the service manager just mentioned and the Customer service rep decides to put me on hold while he personally contacts the dealer to ask them about the situation and a case number because nothing is registered on the dealers behalf. As i see it, calling them out on why they claim to be waiting on Polaris when they have yet to even submit a warranty request... Dealer tells the Polaris rep that the manager is out (even though i literally got off the phone with him 2 minutes earlier). So now the Polaris rep has tried numerous times to contact the manager with no luck. He assured me that he will try to get to the bottom of this for me.

I simply just do not understand why this dealer would blame Polaris when they have yet to even submit anything. I takes more time to lie and cover up doing something then just actually doing it...

 

sry I would switch dealers

 

Waiting to see how tomorrow plays out... but i do have my trailer hooked up and ready to roll lol!

My main thing is for it to be a registered problem for my VIN# at the Polaris level to somewhat cover my rear! Then I think my next dealer will be where you had yours fixed Razorpilot, since they have encountered it prior.

 

Lc925 do you have a '14 or a '15 1000?

 

2015 xp4 1000 5 weeks old, and oil started to "disappear" after the 21 hour mark. Between 21 - 29.2 hours, it went from full oil level, down to half way. While at the dealer for a warranty, and them adding 2 miles to it, it went down below the "add oil" mark.

 

The motor on my 14 1k ate a ring with just 6 hours on it, it was covered under warranty but they just replace the damaged cylinder and piston assembly, not cool, even after pleeding with polaris...but no problems since so seems to be good...knock on wood.

 

No, not cool at all... I def won't like the idea of something being rebuilt being that i haven't even had to send my first payment yet, but i guess time will tell! Glad at least yours has been problem free after the fix!

 

They really cant rebuild it if its the piston skirt due to the contamination factor of metal all in motor and oil pump. But some dealers knowledge is less then others so keep on them.