May 30th, 2013, 07:34 PM | #1 |
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What oil are ya running?
Let me know what you have good luck with as far as oils. Expensive stuff like motul, maxima, and repsol is welcome too I like the upper rpms..........
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May 30th, 2013, 07:41 PM | #2 |
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oh dear Kevin, asking about oil or tires is like opening a jar of farts. You just never know what your gunna get. lol
To answer your question though, you will find that a lot of us run Rotella T6 full synthetic in our 250's. To each their own though as long as it meets specs.
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May 30th, 2013, 07:43 PM | #3 |
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I use rotella t6 10w-40 or motul 300v
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May 30th, 2013, 08:31 PM | #4 |
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EEVO. Rachael Ray uses it too.
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May 31st, 2013, 08:29 AM | #5 |
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I run Rotella T6. Works just fine.
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May 31st, 2013, 08:47 AM | #6 |
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I use olive oil.
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May 31st, 2013, 10:08 AM | #7 |
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+1 on olive oil. I add a quarter stick of margarine to get that tranny feeling buttery smooth.
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May 31st, 2013, 10:12 AM | #8 |
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Omfg jig you are so dam smart. I new I was missing something for the tranny.
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May 31st, 2013, 10:28 AM | #9 |
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We're still talking about bikes, right?
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May 31st, 2013, 10:32 AM | #10 |
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Op never specified bikes....
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May 31st, 2013, 10:36 AM | #11 |
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I use baby oil. Makes for some great massages.
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May 31st, 2013, 03:39 PM | #12 |
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This has taken an interesting turn..........
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May 31st, 2013, 03:49 PM | #13 |
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Yes but them uper rpm's are much better with a lighter oil
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May 31st, 2013, 04:05 PM | #14 |
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Rotella T6 here too.
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May 31st, 2013, 05:59 PM | #15 |
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Rotella t6
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May 31st, 2013, 09:04 PM | #16 |
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Rotella T6. Same stuff I run in my truck.
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June 1st, 2013, 03:59 AM | #17 |
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Castrol 10w-40 full synthetic. Honestly, the full synthetic part is probably more important than most everything else within reason. The Shell rotella t6 is good stuff, but only if you get the full synthetic stuff. They actually make two kinds. The non-synthetic stuff says "heavy duty" and should not be used.
In our bikes the tolerance is measured in microns. In a car, its measured in 100ths of inches. That's a huge difference. So we need full synthetic to give our engines the best chance for survival.
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June 4th, 2013, 09:33 AM | #18 |
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I've heard good things about Rotella T6, but recently I put in Mobil 1 10W-40 full synthetic, mainly because they were out of the T6 and I was too lazy to go somewhere else. I really want to try Royal Purple too, because seriously, it's purple!
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June 5th, 2013, 02:45 PM | #19 |
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Doesn't Castrol make most of this stuff and it's just rebranded as something else?
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June 10th, 2013, 05:57 PM | #20 |
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Mobil 1 Racing 4T 10W-40 Not Cheep.. But I don't think you wanna go cheep here..
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June 10th, 2013, 07:06 PM | #21 |
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