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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #15 - 07/14/16 at 11:47:57 Unless I'm missing something, the full synth Rotella is only available in 5W40. The Dino stuff comes in 15-40. Given a choice between Dino 15W40 and Synth 5w40, which one to use? Cost isn't a concern. thanks, -Armen
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #16 - 07/14/16 at 11:52:57 And how about the semi-synth T5? thanks -Armen
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #17 - 07/14/16 at 12:56:15 Armen wrote on 07/14/16 at 11:52:57: And how about the semi-synth T5? thanks -Armen The T5 does NOT meet JASO-MA standards. Stick with either the T or T6 and you will be good to go. I've been using the T6 in all my bikes for years.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #18 - 07/14/16 at 13:55:31 I've been on a few forums and Rotella 15_40 is preferred by most. Argue with people who have over 100,000 miles? Not me..
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #19 - 07/15/16 at 05:13:26 Any reason to use Rotella instead of Golden Spectro besides cost? thanks
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Reply #20 - 07/15/16 at 05:27:35

Armen wrote on 07/15/16 at 05:13:26:

Any reason to use Rotella instead of Golden Spectro besides cost?
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Let us know specifically what Golden Spectro product you are talking about......and what the ZDDP content is.

There are more expensive oils that can work.....Klotz makes some good oil. They really aren't necessary for the Savage.

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Reply #21 - 07/15/16 at 06:34:34

Armen wrote on 07/15/16 at 05:13:26:

Any reason to use Rotella instead of Golden Spectro besides cost?
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Armen, these guys have pounded through the whole gamut of slippery offerings. The cheapest winner is Rotella T 15-40. With the high mileage bikes around here that use it, where is the logical argument for spending time hunting an alternative? What is there to gain?

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Reply #22 - 07/15/16 at 22:37:27

Armen wrote on 07/15/16 at 05:13:26:

Any reason to use Rotella instead of Golden Spectro besides cost?
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Because the vendor rep for Spectro flat out stated "Do not use this in wet clutch air cooled engines"...? Asked him when I was still in the business specifically about using ANY Spectro product in my 1998 Savage I rode back then.

I had recently dropped Castrol GTX 20W50 as my preferred oil. He recommended Shell Rotella, Mobil Delvac or Chevron Delo 15w40 for use in, let's be brutally honest, "primitive" metrics.

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Reply #23 - 07/16/16 at 01:09:38

Is this the equivalent oil in Australia?

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/Shell-Rimula-R4X-15W-4...

I need to check out the zinc and phosphorus in the R4X. Currently I'm using Silkolene Comp4 which has according to them... "The typical level of zinc for comp 4 is 1000ppm, phosphorus 900ppm." But I may be persuaded to change at a bit less than half the cost of the comp4

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #24 - 07/16/16 at 05:10:19 Mmmmm, Silkolene,,, sounds like the world's smoothest gasoline,
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #25 - 07/16/16 at 06:01:13 Interesting stuff from one of the very serious BMW Airhead techs. A bit difficult to read in places, but lots of info. http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/oilessay.htm
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Reply #26 - 07/16/16 at 10:41:08

Because the vendor rep for Spectro flat out stated "Do not use this in wet clutch air cooled engines"...? Asked him when I was still in the business specifically about using ANY Spectro product in my 1998 Savage I rode back then.

I have used Spectro Golden in my 2003 Savage for about 10 years now. No problems with engine or clutch ever but I am not a high mileage rider. Not saying it is better than Rotella, but I'm sticken with it a while longer.

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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #27 - 07/16/16 at 18:48:31 ARMEN ,YOU HAVE AN OIL PRESSURE LIGHT? "I SAW THE OIL LIGHT COME ON EARLY ON USING 10W 40." YOUR'S IS THE ONLY SAVAGE WITH ONE ,COOL!
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #28 - 07/16/16 at 19:01:08 Batman, 'Saw the oil pressure light come on using 10w40 way back when.' Way back when, meant in the '70's on an Airhead BMW.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Rotella viscosity Reply #29 - 07/16/16 at 20:06:01 Sorry Armen ,I thought we was talkin' bout cabbages.
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