Amsoil in Evo?
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sure wouldn't hurt anything. it would probably flush out some of the sludge that has accumulated in the oiling system too. i'd go for it if it were mine and were intending on keeping the bike. evos are cool. odd, but ya know how everyone seems to be under the impression that twin cam motors make so much more heat? they may make a slight bit more because of leaner mixtures and a little higher compression, but they are a lot better at radiating heat by a huge increase of finning on the heads and cylinders. therefore we tend to think they are a whole lot hotter. just my 3 cents worth
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sure wouldn't hurt anything. it would probably flush out some of the sludge that has accumulated in the oiling system too. i'd go for it if it were mine and were intending on keeping the bike. evos are cool. odd, but ya know how everyone seems to be under the impression that twin cam motors make so much more heat? they may make a slight bit more because of leaner mixtures and a little higher compression, but they are a lot better at radiating heat by a huge increase of finning on the heads and cylinders. therefore we tend to think they are a whole lot hotter. just my 3 cents worth
If that were my evo I would use Brad Penn oil at www.bradpennracing.com
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sure wouldn't hurt anything. it would probably flush out some of the sludge that has accumulated in the oiling system too. i'd go for it if it were mine and were intending on keeping the bike. evos are cool. odd, but ya know how everyone seems to be under the impression that twin cam motors make so much more heat? they may make a slight bit more because of leaner mixtures and a little higher compression, but they are a lot better at radiating heat by a huge increase of finning on the heads and cylinders. therefore we tend to think they are a whole lot hotter. just my 3 cents worth
At any rate, run Amsoil if you want. It won't hurt it.
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It should run as well as any other high-quality synthetic oil. Like any other engine run for years on fossil oil I would change the new synthetic and the filter 3K later, then maybe the same in another 3K, and finally settle in on 5K intervals thereafter.
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Why not?
I run Mobil 1 synthetic in my 1996 EVO WideGlide, and Amsoil would work just as well.
Speaking of EVO's, here is a little audio/video of it at idle, sounding like only an EVO can sound...
http://dogsdoom.com/PI/96WIDEGLIDE.MPG
I run Mobil 1 synthetic in my 1996 EVO WideGlide, and Amsoil would work just as well.
Speaking of EVO's, here is a little audio/video of it at idle, sounding like only an EVO can sound...
http://dogsdoom.com/PI/96WIDEGLIDE.MPG
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