My brother has a nearly new 2015 500 renegade. Last week we were riding tight trails with banks on both sides. Long story short, he flipped his quad on its side very slowly. It was on its side for maybe 30 secs. We flipped it over and It was fine for the next 20 miles of riding.

Fast forward to yesterday, We went riding again. After the few miles, we were going on a fairly steep hill and all the sudden his renegade just starts smoking white which was for sure burning oil. We checked the oil and it was a little low but it was still like a 1/4” below the low line. On the way back to the trailer, It had a red light blink for 5 sec and then he said it locked up the tires and it bogged down and then quit, Which I am assuming was the motor entering a limp mode. We towed it back to the trailer. We started it when we got back and the motor sound completely normal. No ticks or knocks.

My question is, why would the oil take 25 miles to start burning? And also does the motor have a low oil level sensor to tell the motor to go into limp mode?

Thanks guys!