How do you check the crankcase oil on LT250R?

[heavy_d]

I just changed the oil on my 87 250 quadracer i just bought. The side of the engine says 900ml, but i just put a whole quart in which is 968ml or something like that. When you look down in through the hole you can't see any oil, i just see the gears. On my quadzilla it comes up where you can see the oil. Does anybody have any experience with these and could i just stick something down there to check, would that be accurate enough and how far should it come up on the rod or stick i'm sticking down there? thanks

[Rip_Tear]

Sorry this isn't answering your question, but I didn't realise that the QuadZilla (a 2 stroke) or the LT250R (also a 2 stroke) had oil in their crankcases...? Are the LT's just special, or do other 2strokes have crank case oil... Or am I just off my rocker?

[heavy_d]

the transmission needs separate oil from that of the mix to oil the gears in the bottom end, the mix works in the top end

[Rip_Tear]

Okay, that makes sense. I am just used to sleds not having tranny oil, and I guess I just wasnt thinking it needed gear oil... Thanks for the info

[heavy_d]

well it is a 80w hypoid gear oil , its not like regular dextron mecron 3 or f-type tranny oil (the red stuff), i did make my own dipstick and that seems to be working

[skemp]

You were asking in another thread about fitting a 38mm Zilla carb to your 250. I checked with my buddy and he says the Zilla intake boot will fit, but it won't fit anything smaller than a 38. Trust me though, I rode his quad after putting in the 38, and it made a HUGE difference. :eek2:

[heavy_d]

it does have the same bolt pattern?

[AtvMxRider]

The best thing you can do is buy a Ratio Rite cup.