I have recently bought a new Honda ATV Rancher 420 4x4 and when it was due for its first oil change, I put in what I thougth would be the best syntetic oil money can buy, Amsoil 4-stroke power sports oil 0W-40. the problem is it has only been like two weeks since I change the oil and have only had the ATV out riding couple of times, but when I checked the oil recently, I noticed that the oil level was at the lower end of the acceptable range on the dipstick. When I changed the oil it was actually above the full mark, now it is at bottom end of the OK mark, very close to the low mark. Some how about half a quart of oil disappeared from my ATV engine. Where the heck did it go?
there is no sign of any oil leaks. I checked by the drain plug and oil filter housing and no oil leaks at all.
What really bugs me now is that when I called Amsoil, they shrug me off. they send me a TSB about oil consumption which really deals with issues associated with worn out engines and associated wear related oil consumptions issues which does not apply to my brand new ATV which has been pampered. the technical support folks at Amsoil so far have been petetic and I am very displeased with the way they tried to shrug me off.
Has anybody experienced similar thing?
I just spend all these money on expensive oil from Amsoil and if this serious oil consumption continues, I am going to have to dump that [censored] and put some off the shelf convensional oil which I am sure will not give me any trouble with excessive oil consumption as the oil that was in the ATV when I bought it did not show any consuption at all.
there is no sign of any oil leaks. I checked by the drain plug and oil filter housing and no oil leaks at all.
What really bugs me now is that when I called Amsoil, they shrug me off. they send me a TSB about oil consumption which really deals with issues associated with worn out engines and associated wear related oil consumptions issues which does not apply to my brand new ATV which has been pampered. the technical support folks at Amsoil so far have been petetic and I am very displeased with the way they tried to shrug me off.
Has anybody experienced similar thing?
I just spend all these money on expensive oil from Amsoil and if this serious oil consumption continues, I am going to have to dump that [censored] and put some off the shelf convensional oil which I am sure will not give me any trouble with excessive oil consumption as the oil that was in the ATV when I bought it did not show any consuption at all.