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K1100rs1993
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 Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:40 pm Post subject: K1100RS oil question |
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| Any problem with using 10-40 oil in the engine of a 93 K1100RS in Virginia? |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: K1100RS oil question |
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| K1100rs1993 wrote: | | Any problem with using 10-40 oil in the engine of a 93 K1100RS in Virginia? |
The recommended temp range in the owners manual for 10-40 stops at about 68F.
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Stoked Steve
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Where in the great Commonwealth are you?
I run 15W-50 Mobil One in mine here in Virginia Beach.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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Castrol Actevo 20-50 here in NOVA. My bike did not like synthetic at all.
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K1100rs1993
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: location |
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| Between Williamsburg and Richmond. |
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Stoked Steve
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Jim, how did your bike not like synthetic? Just curious.
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| skdonlan wrote: | | Jim, how did your bike not like synthetic? Just curious. |
It burned it, used it, spit it out - something... It went through too much of it. I suspect my K wasn't "broken in" right. It would go through a quart of synth in a thousand miles. Yeah - I know that's within spec - it just seemed excessive to me. The upside was I didn't have to think about changing the oil. The downside was that synth costs too much.
The K seems to like Actevo OK.
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Scott_Anderson
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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I use regular old Castrol 20-50 dino oil here in Iowa.
Like Jim, synthetic is just too expensive yet, and hard to find(here anyway) for as much as it was using.
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Al.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Jim wrote: | | skdonlan wrote: | | Jim, how did your bike not like synthetic? Just curious. |
It burned it, used it, spit it out - something... It went through too much of it. I suspect my K wasn't "broken in" right. It would go through a quart of synth in a thousand miles. Yeah - I know that's within spec - it just seemed excessive to me. The upside was I didn't have to think about changing the oil. The downside was that synth costs too much.
The K seems to like Actevo OK. |
I found the same with the synth - used regular Castrol, now using Activo(or however you spell it) I went through the 'wasn't run in properly' also.
So I gave it a good run in. Still uses oil though. 60,000 miles just. |
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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When I lived in NOVA I used 20w50 in the spring/summer and changed to 10w40 in the Fall/winter. I rode year round so it worked well usually with the mileage. I still do the same here in PA.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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the issues with 10-40 is the size of molcules. the oil passages in the block is what is critical.. in hotter climates you want a thicker oil.. in colder climates you want a thinner spread... and remember the first number is the critical one. most engine damage ( rings bearings etc ) is caused at startup.. oil for the correct ambient temp will provide the best protection because it is what will flow quickly. . after warm up the later number is more for oils ability to withstand the heat and act a secondary colling system..
I run 20-50w amsoil from march to dec .. if i could ride in the colder months it would be 15-40w .. i would go 5w-30 if the temps went below 25 F..
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