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1987 Suzuki LT185 - Amount of oil

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My searches online led me here. It’s great to see forums still alive, I used to be on a few others with a different focus. 
 

I am curious how much oil is needed for the 87 LT 185. I just picked this up before the snow really starts falling here and to let my kids use it. It’s going to need some carb tweaks or cleaning too because I have to keep it somewhat choked to make sure it doesn’t stall. 
 

I wanted to see if anyone had insight on how much oil is needed when changing it? It’s been sitting for over a year and the last guy bought for his kid and he rode it a few times. 
 

please let me know

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11 minutes ago, Ajmboy said:

I think the ATV specific oils can out later in the 90s. Just make sure its 10w40. I would probably use a 10w40 oil like Valvoline 4-Stroke 10W40 ATV Oil or similar. Walmart carries it

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This was the exact one I was going to grab and then I saw I could only get it with shipping. I’ll snag it when I can. I need to give it a good maintenance run through. Don’t want to mess with the carb valves though because I don’t think I’d get it adjusted just right. 
I need to see if anyone has rigged a brake light to one of these. I thought it had one but it’s not there. 

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It was a fun evening hauling the kids around on the sled but I might need to look into wheel weights or something to bring the front end down more (weighted). I was basically leaning into the snow as we took corners, needed to get them a good corner swing. 
I’ll look around to see if others posted about weights but not sure since this is a light 4 wheeler

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