Wed May 21 19:07:08 1997 - Message No. 872
From: Katsanos Phoebus

Subject: Re: Yet another question about motor oils


At 10:53 рм 21/5/1997 +0200, you wrote:
>
>
>
>Hi folks,
>
>After the 3rd meeting I recognized the loss of oil at my @ (40000 km, you
>know).
>
>So I took a look which oil they filled in at the service this spring. I
>found out that they used Mobil 1 full synthetic oil, so I drove to the next
>mobil petrol station and looked for the appropriate oil.
>
>But I didn't find one specially for bikes! So I bought the newest (and most
>expensive) one, Mobil 1 full synthetic 0W-40.
>
>Is this okay, or should I investigate further for a correct one??
>
>BTW: is it good to mix full synthetic oils of different brands?? Would be a
>solution for above mentioned problem.
>
>greetings,
>
>Achim
>

Wow! Wait a min, Mobil 1 is agrate oil for cars, but as far as i know, cars
use different oil, because in bikes oil has to do 2 things at the same time = 
1 Lubricate engine with very high temps +
2 Lubricate gear with very high friction!
Cars use different lubricants for gear / engine.

So, car oil is no good for motorcycles. Ask your Honda dealer, or if he put
the Mobil1 at the first time, ask somebody else who knows.
I read this in a very respected bike magazine here in Greece, so i am preety
sure they are right.


----------------------------Phoebus Katsanos-------------------------------
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