Synthetic oil destroy's engines?
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From: Appling GA
RE: Synthetic oil destroy's engines?
this guys attitude is pretty funny to me 
"if you write to me with a question that cant be solved by email or a question that i have already answered in these pages I will be temped to insult your intelligence or not answer it at all"
come on now thats just funny...
"if you write to me with a question that cant be solved by email or a question that i have already answered in these pages I will be temped to insult your intelligence or not answer it at all"
come on now thats just funny...
ORIGINAL: Ponyracer
Check this guy's site out, has anyone ever heard of this?
http://www.harleyhelp.com/faq.html#oil
Check this guy's site out, has anyone ever heard of this?
http://www.harleyhelp.com/faq.html#oil
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From: in a bean field
RE: Synthetic oil destroy's engines?
99 Heritage Springer.....179000 miles and still running strong....Amsoil 20/50 only oil ever used.....say what you want, Syn oil is THE ONLY oil I use in everything I own. enough said
JD
JD
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From: North Edwards, CA
RE: Synthetic oil destroy's engines?
1st off...WOW! This post must have set some kind of record! Looks like oil is a very big subject to alot of us. I'm not a trubologist..and I don't play one on TV, but I have 25 years of military maintenance experience, and 2 years as a maintenance planner in a borax reinery. It's the latter (and admitedly lesser) experiencethat I draw on for this reply:
We run synthetics in all of our gearboxes (reducers), and have trended maintenance costs from the "old days" when we used conventional oils...without a doubt, synthetic oil gives us longer service life. Recnetly i found mydelf in a situation where I had to install a gearbox rated for a 150 HP motor in an aplication where it was to be powered by a 200HP motor. Prior to installing the $8,000 gearbox I contacted the manufacturer rep, and was told they would only warranty the gearbox if we used fully synthetic lube. If synthetic is good enough for a gearbox...being overpowered 30%...running 24hours a day, 7 days a week...in the heart of the mojave desert...it's good enough for my twincam.
I run mobil1, and am very satisfied with it. I would probably have tried amsoil by now (have heard nothing but good reviews on it) if it wasn't so dawg gone hard to git!
-Clutch-
We run synthetics in all of our gearboxes (reducers), and have trended maintenance costs from the "old days" when we used conventional oils...without a doubt, synthetic oil gives us longer service life. Recnetly i found mydelf in a situation where I had to install a gearbox rated for a 150 HP motor in an aplication where it was to be powered by a 200HP motor. Prior to installing the $8,000 gearbox I contacted the manufacturer rep, and was told they would only warranty the gearbox if we used fully synthetic lube. If synthetic is good enough for a gearbox...being overpowered 30%...running 24hours a day, 7 days a week...in the heart of the mojave desert...it's good enough for my twincam.
I run mobil1, and am very satisfied with it. I would probably have tried amsoil by now (have heard nothing but good reviews on it) if it wasn't so dawg gone hard to git!
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From: Southeastern USA
RE: Synthetic oil destroy's engines?
Bearing skate?? Flat spots?? Oil leaks?? Too slippery?? How could a lubricant possibly be too slippery??
Good God, how deep can this rabbit hole of numbnuttery possibly be????
Good God, how deep can this rabbit hole of numbnuttery possibly be????
RE: Synthetic oil destroy's engines?
This thread is simply hillarious
A notefor comic relief:
- If the bearinbg was skating "because" the lubricate was "too" slippery - how could there by a flat spot?
well back to the real world
...gene
A notefor comic relief:
- If the bearinbg was skating "because" the lubricate was "too" slippery - how could there by a flat spot?
well back to the real world
...gene
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