Mobil 1 & Mobil 1 V-Twin, whats the difference?
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11-20-2010, 05:28 PM
#53
11-20-2010, 06:16 PM
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Seahag its good to hear from someone that has stripped a motor down and given it an inspection. Also the Mobil 1 for cars is highly recommended for vehicles with turbos and superchargers so the oil must be high temp tolerant especially going through the bearings on the turbo. Another thing is that the Mobil 1 car oil has a higher flash point to that of the v-twin stuff, so wouldnt that be better for an air cooled bike. From what I understand the other difference is that it dosnt have the friction modifiers in it for wet clutches which isnt needed on our bikes
#54
11-20-2010, 09:07 PM
Running a synthetic in the primary is just a waste of a good synthetic and $$$. The primary purpose of the oil in the primary is for cooling not lubrication and a good 10w-40 like Castrol GTX is all that I use. I change it out at the end of every season.
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11-20-2010, 09:25 PM
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11-20-2010, 10:02 PM
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Yup, thanks guys for all the answers and keeping my post on the subject, it is really appreciated. Went down to the local garage this morning and bought some 15w-50 for half what I normally pay for the VT stuff. Gave the engine an oil change this morning. Ill keep the VT stuff for the primary.
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11-21-2010, 02:11 AM
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For what is worth, I have used regular mobile one in all my vehicles including my sport bikes that I beat the hell out of. Never replaced a clutch in any of them.
Also used it in a car that I put a turbo kit on. It took the heat from that just fine. Car had 20k on it when I installed the turbo and the car is in my cousins hands now with over 100k on it. Still runs like a champ.
I am not trying to sway anyone one way or the other, to each there own. It is just my experience that I thought I would share.
Also used it in a car that I put a turbo kit on. It took the heat from that just fine. Car had 20k on it when I installed the turbo and the car is in my cousins hands now with over 100k on it. Still runs like a champ.
I am not trying to sway anyone one way or the other, to each there own. It is just my experience that I thought I would share.
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11-21-2010, 07:53 AM
#59
11-21-2010, 08:09 AM
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Most modern oils from major brand can go that long, but most people like me do automatically at 3k.
Does the fact that Amsoil 20 -50 with the Amsoil filter can go for over 8000 miles before needing changed (per my Blackstone anaysis) go into the equation of what oil to use at least for some riders who put miles on each year? Just wondering how that works into the decision process.
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11-21-2010, 08:11 AM
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Does the fact that Amsoil 20 -50 with the Amsoil filter can go for over 8000 miles before needing changed (per my Blackstone anaysis) go into the equation of what oil to use at least for some riders who put miles on each year? Just wondering how that works into the decision process.