As mentioned before in another thread, about two weeks ago I changed my oil and took a 30 mile trip with my wife in 112F degree heat with a heat index of 122F. Us and the bike got really hot. The grease I used on the shift lever and kick stand was rated up to 275F and it turned into tar. So there is no telling how hot the rest of the bike got. A good test to see how Rotella T6 stood up to the challenge. The oil has about 100 miles on it all together. See posts with pictures below for the result.

17,700 miles on it:

Kevlar brake pads after 2,000 miles:

First shot from the pan:

Here is the little jug that Oldfeller requested to catch some stuff for further visual analysis:

 

Questions:    

Is this your first sump of T-6 or have you used Rotella products previously?

Were there any thickened chunks, pieces or any sludge lumps to be found anywhere?  
(other than the dirt from the bolt you mentioned earlier)

Then hindsight time -- if you did it again, the 120^o hot day ride from hell, would you rush to drain the T-6 all out again?


   


Or would you just trust the robust brunette oil to do its thing, trust it to be able to take whatever a Savage deals out for a lot longer than we will ever leave it in the engine for our longest drain intervals?


(I can't even imagine a 10,000 mile drain interval on a bike, much less 50,000 or 80,000 miles like people do to T-6 all the time in the trucking industry)

Ralf,

Didja take a whiff?