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A Study of INTERCEPTOR
Rotax
E-TEC
Engines
With ASTM Lubricity and Detergency Testing
Published August 2012
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Editors Note
When Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP
) claimed AMSOIL
INTERCEPTOR
E-TEC
snowmobiles,
AMSOIL immediately took notice. The results of BRPs test, which depict a
scuffed piston allegedly lubricated with INTERCEPTOR, directly contradict the
results experienced by AMSOIL customers and achieved in several real-world
hold trials and industry-aoooptod laboratory tosts. NTEPCEPTOP nas domon-
strated exceptional performance in the following tests and trials:
Field Trials & Case Studies
Pooky Mountain Pontal Floot Fiold Trial
Exnaust Powor valvo Fiold Study in Polaris
and Rotax
engines
3,469-Milo Potax
E-TEC
E-TEC
engines
spooihoally, and nign-porormanoo OF poworsports onginos in gonoral. Following 50 nours o ongino dyno
testing, merit ratings assigned to components by an ASTM calibrated rater offer convincing proof of perfor-
manoo, witn NTEPCEPTOP oarning poroot ratings or piston skirt souhng and piston ring stioking. Patings
or oylindor boro oross naton romoval, oxnaust port blooking and otnor aroas woro nign and rohoot tno oil's
ability to control deposits and inhibit wear. The results of the Extreme Dynamometer Test on Rotax E-TEC
Enginos disprovos BPP's allogation tnat AMSOL NTEPCEPTOP Syntnotio 2-Stroko Oil will ail to adoquatoly
protoot Potax E-TEC onginos. NTEPCEPTOP oxooods tno porormanoo roquiromonts.
Tno rosults o tno ASTM O 4863 lubrioity tost provido additional proo o porormanoo. At a 150:1 gas-to-oil
ratioar loanor tnan tno ratios produood by tno Potax E-TEC 800P onginoNTEPCEPTOP domonstratod
inoroasod lubrioity oomparod to XPS-2 Syntnotio 2-Cyolo Oil and surpassod tno porormanoo bononmark. n
addition, NTEPCEPTOP provontod piston skirt souhng and oylindor woar and snowod strong dotorgonoy
proportios in tno ASTM O 4857 dotorgonoy tost, surpassing XPS-2 Syntnotio 2-Cyolo Oil as tno porormanoo
benchmark in almost all instances.
Tnoso rosults navo also boon oonhrmod in a 3,469-Milo Potax E-TEC Engino Caso Study (G3038). Pistons
takon rom a 2011 Ski-Ooo TNT snowmobilo oquippod witn a Potax E-TEC 800P ongino oxnibitod no souhng
or ring stioking ollowing 3,469 milos o roal-world, aggrossivo trail riding.
Tno oaso study and 50-nour dyno tost aro in stark oontrast to BPP's 25-nour ongino tost. BPP admits to
modifying the snowmobiles ECM, in effect forcing a failure using operating conditions not representative
of real-world use. It is the view of AMSOIL that BRPs test provides no value in determining the overall
performance of any oil, including INTERCEPTOR. AMSOIL, on the other hand, closely replicates the actual
oporating oonditions onoountorod by ownors o snowmobilos oquippod witn Potax E-TEC onginos. Basod on
its decades of experience with powersports applications, AMSOIL concludes that BRP used a forced-failure
testing tactic to create failure conditions that do not exist in real-world use.
Based on the results of the Extreme Dynamometer Test on Rotax E-TEC Engines, AMSOIL guarantees
that INTERCEPTOR Synthetic 2-Stroke Oil effectively lubricates Rotax E-TEC engines and is a high-
performance replacement for BRPs more-costly XPS-2 Synthetic 2-Cycle Oil.
Use of AMSOIL INTERCEPTOR will not void BRPs warranty, as BRP would have enthusiasts believe.
The right to use AMSOIL INTERCEPTOR in Rotax engines without voiding the warranty is protected
under U.S. federal law by the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act of 1975. AMSOIL additionally warrants the
use of INTERCEPTOR in all Rotax engines according to the AMSOIL Limited Warranty (G1363).
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Appendix A: Pre- and Post-Test Measurements
Pre-Test Post-Test Pre-Test Post-Test
Cylinder, Magneto Side (MAG)
Bore at Top of Ring Travel
Oiamotor (inonos) 3.226 3.226 3.226 3.226
Bore at Bottom of Ring Travel
Oiamotor (inonos) 3.226 3.226 3.226 3.226
Comprossion (psi) 150 150 140 150
Cylinder, Power Take Off Side (PTO)
Bore at Top of Ring Travel
Oiamotor (inonos) 3.226 3.226 3.226 3.226
Bore at Bottom of Ring Travel
Oiamotor (inonos) 3.226 3.226 3.226 3.226
Comprossion (psi) 150 150 140 150
Piston, Magneto Side (MAG)
Oiamotor (inonos) 3.221 3.217 3.221 3.221
Piston Cloaranoo (inonos) 0.005 0.009 0.005 0.005
Piston Woignt, witnout ring (g) 462.3 462.5 473.1 473.8
Piston Ping End Gap (inonos) 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.019
Piston Ping Woignt (g) 9.7 9.7 9.5 9.8
Wrist Pin Woignt (g) 100.8 100.7 100.5 100.5
Wrist Pin Boaring Woignt (g) 31.7 31.6 31.8 31.8
RAVE Valve, Magneto Side (MAG)
Woignt (g) 317 317 315.6 316.5
Piston, Power Take Off Side (PTO)
Oiamotor (inonos) 3.221 3.219 3.221 3.221
Piston Cloaranoo (inonos) 0.005 0.007 0.005 0.005
Piston Woignt, witnout ring (g) 471.7 471.1 472.1 472.5
Piston Ping End Gap (inonos) 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.019
Piston Ping Woignt (g) 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.9
Wrist Pin Woignt (g) 100.9 100.8 100.8 100.9
Wrist Pin Boaring Woignt (g) 31.7 31.7 31.8 31.8
RAVE Valve, Power Take Off Side (PTO)
Woignt (g) 317 317 317.1 318
XPS-2 Synthetic
2-Cycle Oil
Batch Code:
071 11 208
AMSOIL INTERCEPTOR
Synthetic 2-Stroke Oil
Batch Code:
14631347
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Appendix B: FueI Specications
RON (Research Octane Number) 96.2
MON (Motor Octane Number) 87.2
R+M/2 (RON + MON/2) 91.7
EtOH (Ethanol) 10.2%
Benzene 0.48%
Toluene 2.0%
Paraffns 64.7%
Olefns 6.2%
Aromatics 18.6%
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