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    2019 200 SHO oil recommendations

    Hey guys I'm getting ready to do my first service on my motor. My oil level has never gotten above the top dot on the dipstick. I've searched and some have ran the 10w30 mineral oil til the 100 hour service then switching to the 5w30 synthetic. Looking for experiences/recommendations. Thanks

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    You will get a good 50/50 mix on this one. Same thing for the oil change question on an SHO. Suck it out via pump or pull the plug and drain it....matter of opinion more then anything from what I have seen. Maybe someone that works at a higher volume Yamaha shop could gleam a bit more facts into the mix? Other then that its mostly speculation at best.

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    #3
    Quote Originally Posted by bgibson View Post
    You will get a good 50/50 mix on this one. Same thing for the oil change question on an SHO. Suck it out via pump or pull the plug and drain it....matter of opinion more then anything from what I have seen. Maybe someone that works at a higher volume Yamaha shop could gleam a bit more facts into the mix? Other then that its mostly speculation at best.
    Nail on the head. Only real thing I saw when I was checking in to this myself was if you're still making oil, don't use synthetic. I went with synthetic because that's what I run in everything else and my motor doesn't make oil. I honestly don't think you'll notice a bit of difference between the 2

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    My 2018 had synthetic oil put in after the 20 hour change by the dealer. Mine made oil after that. I made some long full throttle runs and stopped the oil making and had the oil changed again with synthetic.
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    #5
    how much does a gallon of the synthetic run?

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    I switched to synthetic at hour 6 and haven’t made any oil

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    Thanks for the replies guys, I went with the 10w 30 mineral at this change. Will switch to synthetic at the 100 hour mark.

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    And if the synthetic oil has issues.
    Flush and refill with conventional oil.
    No big

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    #10
    I just run the regular Yamalube in mine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lamoon78 View Post
    I just run the regular Yamalube in mine.
    Me too. I stick with what the manufacture recommends.