jeffreyhardy
Jeffrey
This might have been done before, but I was just curious what each of you guys prefer in terms of oil brand, weight, etc. Any benefits that you have felt from your preferred oil..
MILLENNIUM FALCON said:I run rotela T diesel oil 10w 30.........don't hurt me. :-\
crazypj said:OK, I've got sucked into it :
Rotella 15w/40 is a 'fleet' oil, and, it's been certified to JASO MA spec (for wet clutch engines)
I've run it in most of my vehicles at some time or other
I don't think I've seen Rotella 10w/30?
Only thing I do with it is add about an ounce of ZDDP additive as it has about 1200 PPM and optimum seems to be about 1700 PPM (one 4oz bottle will do 4 gallons of oil so last's a while)
In the 70's, all engine oils had about 17~2100 PPM
Ordinary car oil, (even when you can find non energy conserving) breaks down in about 750~1000 miles because transmission and clutch beat up the polymers.
I don't like Castrol because it absorbs water and turns to mayonnaise
Using 20w/50 is a bad idea in some bikes, CB550 will blow the top off oil pressure switch if you rev it more than about 3K before oil thins out