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Mar 12, 2021 | 11:55 AM

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DavidinILL

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Originally Posted by 1999 flstf

i run synthetic amsol in my 99 evo. what's wrong with running synthetic in an older engine? pretty sure the expiration date is for the packaging not the oil it self. like a bottle of water, salt, honey. the product doesn't go bad the packaging degrades.

did the bike need and oil change for the past 8 years. did it sit for that long with she same dirty oil in it?

That would be my guess,I would say it has barley been driven in the last eight years because of family toys like the really nice boat he also owns and their really nice big side by side. it has 18,900 miles on it.

Mar 12, 2021 | 04:24 PM

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Tampa Fatboy

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Use the oil if it staayed sealed and out of the weather.

Mar 12, 2021 | 05:36 PM

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I’d just ride and enjoy it, never been worried about how old oil is as far as age, just the miles it’s done but that’s me, and it would be my cost to fix if the oil did stuff it up but I really don’t think you would have any problem at all.