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Author Topic: Synythetic or regular oil  (Read 3445 times)

Ritter1066

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Re: Synythetic or regular oil
« Reply #15 on: November 25, 2007, 04:46:48 PM »
I like Amsoil in my newer bikes, as it keeps the sooty crud from building up in the valve covers and other nooks.  I don't know about using it in the R-65, though...I'm thinking about that oil leak I have in one push-rod seal.  Might be unrelated, but it is odd that it popped up when I switched from Dino oil.
Definitley use it in the cars...once a year oil/filtre change!  
Remember a couple of years ago when they change all the car oil to SJ ratings?  I understand that at the time they removed a lot of the zinc and whatever else was helping our engines last longer.  Car engines can handle it better due to cooler running temps, but bikes were chewing up microscopic metal on the new oil.  Check the web and see if I have this right...this old brain of mine might be going soft!  Ed out.

Offline Justin B.

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Re: Synythetic or regular oil
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2007, 09:56:18 PM »
Synthetic will identify ANY weak seals or gaskets you may have.  I put it in, and if it seeps too bad I switch back to dino at the next oil change and the weep/leak usually goes away.  I am currently running it in the wife's '84 R65 and my '81 R100 with no problems.  I switched my '95 R100 back to dino at around 50k miles due to cylinder base and pushrod seal seeps...
Justin B.

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