1996 polaris sl 780 to much oil?

shelden

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So I just got this ski a couple weeks ago and been going through it and checking the usual things. Fuel system ect. Finally felt good enough about things to fire it up and I feel like im getting an excessive amount of oil coming out of the back/exhaust. Granted its mostly just been idling with a few throttle blips hear or there but the plugs seem very wet and the front cylinder seemed to get alot hotter than the others so I stopped running it. Can someone tell me if this photo looks like a ridiculous amount of oil please? Starts up perfectly and idles fine.
 

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Mc Tool

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I suggest you google about SL780 front cyl running hot ......quite a bit of info there. Nothing that cant be sorted but you need to know.
As for the oil .....might depend on the brand ,and the possibility that someone has fiddled with the oiling in a misguided attempt to stop that front cylinder seizing due to lean burn issues ( read the google ) . I used to use castrol TTS @ 50:1 in my Kawasaki KDX250 and it dribbled black unburnt oil out of the muffler but fuel from the same can ran clean and dry in my chainsaws. I decided to be happy that the Kwaka was obviously getting plenty of oil and tried to forget about it .
 
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