Hello everyone i live in Ohio I have a 79 lowrider and i'm not sure what oil Wt i should run in the motor? i do not rider in the winter. i know the book is telling me to run 60 Wt(over 80 d ) but i had a mechanic tell me a should run 70Wt in a iron head motor.that seems a little heavy to me but i don't know. any info would be helpful thanks for looking

 

20W50, straight 50 or 60 wt, all would work fine. If it was me I would run 20W50 in Ohio. Think about those cool mornings, even in the summer.

 

Ok 2 things do not use the term " Ironhead " when talking about about a shovelhead , Ironhead was the old sportsters which had cast steel heads where the shovels are aluminum big difference .

Second thing shovels due to the crappy hydraulic lifter & oiling system do not like 20-50 multi weight oil they get real noisy and they will smoke more as the multi oils gets past the valve guides don't ask why but it does , use 50 or 60 straight weight and maybe 70 if the bikes high milage or it goes over 100 regular during the summers . Been building & riding pans , shovels and old brit bikes pushing 40 years , this has proved out many times over .

 

hi I live in so cal .an ran a 79 lowrider ,for 10 yrs I ran 60w in summer and 50w in the winter, the moco was trying 20-50 in 80s nobody I knew back then had any use for the 20-50 bud

 

when I go up north (Pa.) I run 70 in the summer and 60 around now -- I use NOTHING but ULTIMA oil - and militec 1 -- my bike is on 5 years when I change the oil theres NOTHING on the magnet -- I have the spin on oil filter that's sits by the voltage reg..

seen a few people run the 20/50 some swear by it -- stock hyd lifters wont work -- they will make a racket --


good deal on ultima 70 wt -- http://www.ebay.com/itm/360372019276...84.m1439.l2649 ---

$72 a case free shipping --

need other weights??

David Burrill


707-706-FMBC

 

50 wt most of the year, 60 wt the July and August. Actually, sometimes I run a 50/50 blend of 50-60 wt.

 

Hey bih, hit me up next time you come to Pa. I'll hook ya up with some good Kutztown bologna, scrapple and venison sausage!!!

 

Scrapple ? OMG haven't seen that **** since old grannies general store way the hell out in the woods near the Virginia border where the hillbillies walked in outa the woods . You do know what that stuff is made of don't you ??

 

No multi blends run 60wt or cooler temp riding straight 50wt

 

Lol, Nothin' but the best stuff