Last summer I became very concerned with the amount of oil I was pouring into my bike. By the end of summer, I'm pouring in a qt. a week. No need to change oil at these rates. I tried Mobil1 vtwin 20w50 with no change. Then winter appeared and the oil usage stopped. I'd have to equate this boil off with the flash point of the oil.
So this year I'm logging my oil use and temps with some highly touted oils.
My daily commute consists of a 25 mile run on the superslab.
Just enough time on the street to warm it up before I hit full speed.
Typically 50 to 75% at 65-70 mph. The rest at 30 to 45 mph.
I keep the oil filled up to the bottom line in the oil window as I get up to the top line it tends to blow out the breather.
Data from the 1st run of Rotella Synthetic T6
Started with a fresh oil change and a new filter.
klotz MX-4 15w50 with a new filter.
The yellow bar shows the average for the data collected.
The data from the previous RotSyn run is repeated below
And the next line is RotSyn subtracted from Klotz.
Interesting thing to note is that the head temp is 9° hotter.
This could be vary condemning, if the Klotz isn't taking the heat out of the head, it can't be good for it.
Next week promises to be cooler, so we'll see the impact of cooler ambient on Klotz.