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Jsud04 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 223	Oil weight? 11/12/13 at 04:18:22 Should I stick with 10-40 or change up to a different weight?
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Re: Oil weight?
Reply #1 - 11/12/13 at 04:33:56

You did not give us much information. Where do you live, how cold is it there, how long is your ride, is the bike kept in a heated garage or left out in the cold.....

Here is some good reading for you to find the answer to your question.

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Jsud04 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 223	Re: Oil weight? Reply #2 - 11/14/13 at 05:02:32 I live in virginia USA. Bike is kept in a unheated shed. Running bike master 10w-40. Sees 20s in the winter and 100s in the summers. The coldest I will likely ride it is 50...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oil weight? Reply #3 - 11/14/13 at 06:54:28 Rotella T, 15-40,, save $$, keep that engine alive, too,,
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ZAR Serious Thumper Offline Rock this town! Rock it inside out! Posts: 961 Kentucky, USA Gender:	Re: Oil weight? Reply #4 - 11/14/13 at 08:05:12 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/14/13 at 06:54:28: Rotella T, 15-40,, save $$, keep that engine alive, too,, +1
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Jsud04 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 223	Re: Oil weight? Reply #5 - 11/15/13 at 14:58:04 356? Or 10-40 winter and 15 summer?
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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2683 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Oil weight? Reply #6 - 11/15/13 at 15:58:15 Quote: Or 10-40 winter and 15 summer? Rotella T is 15-40. That's fine for the temps you are likely to encounter in Va. year round. Rotella T6 is 5-40. Also fine but since it's synthetic it costs almost twice as much and if you change your oil every 3500 miles ( Suzuki's recommended interval) it isn't worth the extra money IMO.
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Re: Oil weight?
Reply #8 - 11/15/13 at 17:07:11

oldNslow wrote on 11/15/13 at 15:58:15:

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Or 10-40 winter and 15 summer?

Rotella T is 15-40. That's fine for the temps you are likely to encounter in Va. year round.

Rotella T6 is 5-40. Also fine but since it's synthetic it costs almost twice as much and if you change your oil every 3500 miles ( Suzuki's recommended interval) it isn't worth the extra money IMO.

So,.. if I spend the extra money for T6, I'll be spending an extra dollar a month overall to have synthetic oil. Even though I am a social security type, I think I'll stick with T6.

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Re: Oil weight?
Reply #9 - 11/15/13 at 17:30:14

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So,.. if I spend the extra money for T6, I'll be spending an extra dollar a month overall to have synthetic oil. Even though I am a social security type, I think I'll stick with T6.

Only reason to use synthetic rather than conventional oil IMO is if you plan on extending the change interval significantly. If you're dumping it every 3500 miles it aint even worth the extra buck a month as far as I'm concerned.

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ZAR Serious Thumper Offline Rock this town! Rock it inside out! Posts: 961 Kentucky, USA Gender:	Re: Oil weight? Reply #11 - 11/15/13 at 18:31:31 Jsud04 wrote on 11/15/13 at 14:58:04: 356? Or 10-40 winter and 15 summer? Jsud I'm in Kentucky,and ride at least a little every month year-round. I think our climates are about the same and the 15-40 Rotella T works just fine year-round.
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Re: Oil weight?
Reply #12 - 11/15/13 at 20:18:19

oldNslow wrote on 11/15/13 at 17:30:14:

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So,.. if I spend the extra money for T6, I'll be spending an extra dollar a month overall to have synthetic oil. Even though I am a social security type, I think I'll stick with T6.

Only reason to use synthetic rather than conventional oil IMO is if you plan on extending the change interval significantly. If you're dumping it every 3500 miles it aint even worth the extra buck a month as far as I'm concerned.

There are two other reasons,.. and I'll admit they are not a very big deal. (but neither is a buck a month, eh?)

1. Synthetic holds its film strength better in higher pressure and/or higher temperature situations. Most times the operating conditions in the derated Savage motor don't come anywhere near needing this extra film strength, but for a price of taking the ex-girlfriend to McDs one time, I can afford the luxury.

2. For the folks living in colder climates that might want to start the thing up when it is really cold, T6 stays runny even at temps well below freezing.

Remember what I said, now,... these are not hugely important factors.

I feel like splurging on T6 because the additional expense is next to nil, so it isn't much of a splurge.

If I rode the bike for an hour or more every few days, with T6 I wouldn't change it every 3,500 miles. I'd go for a lot longer than that.

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Re: Oil weight?
Reply #13 - 11/16/13 at 04:35:40

If you flog your motor at high speed a lot T6 is a good idea for you. T6 is also a heat proof oil, able to withstand thermal abuse much better than dino oils.

However, if you ride conservatively you don't need that function either.

So, run T6 for a year and not have to worry about overheating or abuse factors during that time, or use normal oil and change it more frequently.

Your bike, your riding style, your pick.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oil weight? Reply #14 - 11/16/13 at 07:02:21 If someone sees their Rotella T useage increase at about 1,500 miles on it, like I did, & they swap to synth & DONT see that increase, then there is a real good demonstration of the synth holding up better to the shearing of the oil. Im Guessing it was shear causing the marked increase in use. I can picture anything else causing it,
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