60w?
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From: phila
might try that route with the 60w
summers here get pretty hot... 90s and up..with heat index's close to 100.... humidity gets high also
and im in a good bit of stop and go mild traffic
20/50 is great for spring and fall , but summer i can tell a difference motor noise and stop and go traffic
summers here get pretty hot... 90s and up..with heat index's close to 100.... humidity gets high also
and im in a good bit of stop and go mild traffic
20/50 is great for spring and fall , but summer i can tell a difference motor noise and stop and go traffic
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
might try that route with the 60w
summers here get pretty hot... 90s and up..with heat index's close to 100.... humidity gets high also
and im in a good bit of stop and go mild traffic
20/50 is great for spring and fall , but summer i can tell a difference motor noise and stop and go traffic
summers here get pretty hot... 90s and up..with heat index's close to 100.... humidity gets high also
and im in a good bit of stop and go mild traffic
20/50 is great for spring and fall , but summer i can tell a difference motor noise and stop and go traffic
Philly ain’t that hot I’m from Baltimore originally.
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From: phila
It aint nice weather in phila by any means. It was 93 last week for a few days
and its going to mid 90s later this week stop and go traffic is brutal heat wise.
i ordered 3qts if dino 60w. Ill mix 20/50 and 60w half and half and see how she does
i have a pressure gauge as well. She gets low when its a hot day. I know evos have low pressure at idle but. Id rather mix the 60w with the 20/50 and see if its better.
both are dino oil. So im good mixing. Will see
yeah i warm her up well before leaving always do.
and its going to mid 90s later this week stop and go traffic is brutal heat wise.
i ordered 3qts if dino 60w. Ill mix 20/50 and 60w half and half and see how she does
i have a pressure gauge as well. She gets low when its a hot day. I know evos have low pressure at idle but. Id rather mix the 60w with the 20/50 and see if its better.
both are dino oil. So im good mixing. Will see
yeah i warm her up well before leaving always do.
Last edited by robwlf10; Jun 4, 2021 at 12:26 PM.
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Yes and for my M8 to boot
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Oil pressure gauge on an Evo will show next to zero when engine is hot.
20w50 is all an Evo needs.
20w50 is all an Evo needs.
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From: Tejas
Oil system pump is a volume pump over a pressure pump. It may get noisy, but it's still lubricating as it should.
I'm a 20-50 winter and 50w summer guy here in Houston running an oil cooler. 75-80 mph and still 178 in the bag after hours of it.
Use a good 50w synthetic and you'll be golden.. Unless it starts leaking around the old gaskets.. LOL.
Griz
I'm a 20-50 winter and 50w summer guy here in Houston running an oil cooler. 75-80 mph and still 178 in the bag after hours of it.
Use a good 50w synthetic and you'll be golden.. Unless it starts leaking around the old gaskets.. LOL.
Griz
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From: BC
Thanks for the thoughts guys. Bought the [evo] bike recently so the Twin Cam is sitting. I have always used 20w50 Castrol gtx going back to my Shovel head days. Nowdays I use 15w50 Mobil 1 full synthetic. But that real hot day on the evo with miles on it got me thinking 'cuz it's kinda noisy. Now I am wondering if the cushioning would be better with the dino oil but the heat dissipation with comment has got me thinking even more cuz I always overthink everything. I need a hobby. Oh yeh, this is it .....