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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #15 - 08/10/10 at 13:45:36 Mobil 1 didn't make my 1500 clutch slip,Auto Mobil 1
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #16 - 08/10/10 at 14:49:32 bill67 wrote on 08/10/10 at 13:45:36: Mobil 1 didn't make my 1500 clutch slip,Auto Mobil 1 What?!?! no klotz? Or don't you think it really is that good? Or don't you give a sh!t about your 1500?
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #17 - 08/10/10 at 15:14:45 I used Mobil 1 when I did the first oil change since then Klotz,And the clutch didn't slip.
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Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag
Reply #18 - 08/10/10 at 16:42:23

bill67 wrote on 08/10/10 at 15:14:45:

I used Mobil 1 when I did the first oil change since then Klotz,And the clutch didn't slip.

So you couldn't find klotz at the time?
or where you trying out some recomendation from the forum?
And I used it for several changes until the issue showed up.
How can you use it once and say it's good?
And why would a solid klotz like yourself even go out on a limb to recommend something you haven't tried extensively?

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Reply #19 - 08/10/10 at 16:57:48

I didn't know about Mobil 1 till I got to this forum Roll Eyes

I started using Mobil 1 in cars when it first came out.I've used it in motorcycles, Klotz is better.The motor runs smooth shifts smooth than Mobil 1 which is a very good oil. I realize Its a little to high priced for some peoples blood here.But its the cheapest insurance for your engine that you can buy.Man you think no one knows about motorcycles unless your on this forum Shocked

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #20 - 08/10/10 at 17:05:16 Versy take off the horse blinders.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #21 - 08/10/10 at 17:06:33 unless you buy from walmart, klotz same price as mobil1
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #22 - 08/10/10 at 17:12:47 The price is pretty close which makes Klotz a steal.
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Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag
Reply #23 - 08/10/10 at 18:31:46

5w40 synthetic oil simply says when it is very cold the oil flows freely. At operating temperature it will flow like a 40 weight oil, that's what the second number means. It is an all season oil for anywhere in the USA, winter or summer.

Actual observation is that the oil doesn't change viscosity much at all -- put it in the freezer, put it in the oven at 350 it doesn't go through the wild viscosity swings that dino oil does.

Why use it? Heat it up to 450 degrees and it is remains a liquid. Do that to dino oil for very long and it becomes a viscous solid and you just bought an engine.

And it does it for $5 a quart, every day every week no sale required.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #24 - 08/10/10 at 18:38:09 bill67 wrote on 08/10/10 at 17:05:16: Versy take off the horse blinders. That's like the iron pot calling the copper kettle black.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #25 - 08/10/10 at 19:24:02 I'd like to help you guys out but you know sometimes its hard to crack a nut.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #26 - 08/10/10 at 19:45:20 you're cracked so it can't be too hard to do.
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Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag
Reply #27 - 08/10/10 at 21:37:46

Charon,

<I cannot speak for all motorcycle makers, nor all models. But the Owner's Manuals for the three bikes I own (Kawasaki 250 Ninja; Kawasaki BN125; Suzuki LS650) recommend nothing lighter than 10W-30. None recommend a 5W-anything for any temperature. My Kawasaki Mule 610 is the same.>

I dunno, perhaps they only put dino oil recommendations in their owner's manuals since nobody but crazy people pay $13 a quart for synthetic oils with 0w first numbers?

example = 0w50 Mobil1 oil -- go figure. Good for very cold starts, when at operating temps it is like 50 weight oil.

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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag Reply #28 - 08/10/10 at 22:03:15 Correct me if I am wrong. Isn't Verslagen1 the one that has done the most extensive oil comparisons on this forum? I would be more inclined to go by his suggestions than someone that hasn't done the testing like he has.
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Re: Rotella T-6 5w-40 Synthetic oil useage on Drag
Reply #29 - 08/10/10 at 22:11:12

kimchris1 wrote on 08/10/10 at 22:03:15:

Correct me if I am wrong. Isn't Verslagen1 the one that has done the most extensive oil comparisons on this forum? I would be more inclined to go by his suggestions than someone that hasn't done the testing like he has.

thanks for the word of confidence, but there are a couple here who could speak volumes on oil. I could fill a page in comparison. Yet I would rank myself above a girl at walmart whom bill could fall in love with.

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