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Rotella T6 Oil Abuse Result (Read 1087 times)
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Rotella T6 Oil Abuse Result
08/18/12 at 18:33:58
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.
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Re: Rotella T6 Oil Abuse Result
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08/18/12 at 18:36:23
Here is my bike:
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08/18/12 at 18:38:08
17,700 miles on it:
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08/18/12 at 18:39:11
No discoloration on the exhaust:
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08/18/12 at 18:40:30
Kevlar brake pads after 2,000 miles:
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08/18/12 at 18:41:42
Out comes the juice:
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08/18/12 at 18:42:28
First shot from the pan:
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08/18/12 at 18:43:34
Second shot from the pan with most of it poured out for better visibility and judgement:
There was some sort of deposit in the left bottom corner, but it is just dirt that fell in the pan when I loosened the drain plug.
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08/18/12 at 18:47:04
Here is the little jug that Oldfeller requested to catch some stuff for further visual analysis:
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08/18/12 at 18:49:00
All in all the oil didn't look any different than any of the stuff I've drained before. It just didn't look as used up. It could be that I have bad vision, but it appears to me that visually there is nothing wrong with the oil.
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08/18/12 at 18:52:55
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)
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08/18/12 at 18:54:50
Oldfeller--FSO wrote
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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?
This is the fifth load of T6 I put in there and I did not see any lumps and such in it while draining it and when i poured it into a disposal container. Everything I saw was just liquid.
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08/18/12 at 18:58:57
Then hindsight time -- if you did it again, the 120
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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)
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Oldfeller--FSO wrote
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Then hindsight time -- if you did it again, the 120
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hot day ride from hell, would you rush to drain the T-6 all out again?
Probably not. I see no evidence that would make it necessary.
However it's not gonna happen like that again, because in heat like that, I will not ride anymore. It was brutal on the riders and a bad judgement.
What do you think?
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08/18/12 at 19:11:28
Ralf,
Didja take a whiff?
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