OIL--need help decideing
OIL--need help decideing
2005 cbr 1000rr
I'm now running 10w-40 advanced fully synthetic mobile 1. I wanna use amsoil but I don't know what type. I was thinking about running AMSOIL Synthetic SAE 60 Motorcycle Oil. (>>>> AMSOIL - Synthetic SAE 60 Motorcycle Oil (MCS) <<<<)
However, they do have loads of others type...but i want fully synthetic (I think?). Price is not an issue for my baby.
Let me know what you guys recommend and why would be AWESOME!!.
Here's the site with all the others. AMSOIL Synthetic Motorcycle Oil
Thanks,
Rusty
I'm now running 10w-40 advanced fully synthetic mobile 1. I wanna use amsoil but I don't know what type. I was thinking about running AMSOIL Synthetic SAE 60 Motorcycle Oil. (>>>> AMSOIL - Synthetic SAE 60 Motorcycle Oil (MCS) <<<<)
However, they do have loads of others type...but i want fully synthetic (I think?). Price is not an issue for my baby.
Let me know what you guys recommend and why would be AWESOME!!.
Here's the site with all the others. AMSOIL Synthetic Motorcycle Oil
Thanks,
Rusty
No! Don't run a straight 60 weight. That's far too thick for your application.
I'm not a big fan of amsoil as a company, but if you want it, I would get the 10w40.
Personally, I would use rotella 5w40 synthetic.
I'm not a big fan of amsoil as a company, but if you want it, I would get the 10w40.
Personally, I would use rotella 5w40 synthetic.
I know for the most part it's a diesel oil, and it's supposed to be the poop!
Also, I am running it in my 97rrt. under the presumption that for the price, I can drain it, flush it, and replace it with little worry. Just curious how long you've been using it?
THX
How long have you been using rotella, and in what?
I know for the most part it's a diesel oil, and it's supposed to be the poop!
Also, I am running it in my 97rrt. under the presumption that for the price, I can drain it, flush it, and replace it with little worry. Just curious how long you've been using it?
THX
I know for the most part it's a diesel oil, and it's supposed to be the poop!
Also, I am running it in my 97rrt. under the presumption that for the price, I can drain it, flush it, and replace it with little worry. Just curious how long you've been using it?
THX
Last edited by rustynail17; Nov 15, 2011 at 06:56 PM.
don't hold me to it, but everyone thinks the W stands for weight. if fact, it stands for winter. now here's the "don't hold me to it" part… The second number is viscosity at operating temperatures I believe. smaller number is thicker, bigger number thinner and so forth...
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don't hold me to it, but everyone thinks the W stands for weight. if fact, it stands for winter. now here's the "don't hold me to it" part… The second number is viscosity at operating temperatures I believe. smaller number is thicker, bigger number thinner and so forth...
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I know.... just making sure that everyone else that reads this does.
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Multi-weight oils (such as 10W-30) are a new invention made possible by adding polymers to oil. The polymers allow the oil to have different weights at different temperatures. The first number indicates the viscosity of the oil at a cold temperature, while the second number indicates the viscosity at operating temperature. This page from the Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ offers the following very interesting description of how the polymers work:
At cold temperatures, the polymers are coiled up and allow the oil to flow as their low numbers indicate. As the oil warms up, the polymers begin to unwind into long chains that prevent the oil from thinning as much as it normally would. The result is that at 100 degrees C, the oil has thinned only as much as the higher viscosity number indicates. Another way of looking at multi-vis oils is to think of a 20W-50 as a 20 weight oil that will not thin more than a 50 weight would when hot.
