Sun Nov 17 13:46:57 1996
- Message No. 170
From: Michael Dipper
Subject: Again: Synthetic oil
Hi,
yesterday I got an interesting information from my Honda dealer. Like
some of you may remember I complained on our meeting about a rattling
sound while idling. For my dealer the origin was the synthetic oil I
used. It was classified as 5W-40 and so it is VERY fluent at high
temperatures (like occuring when idling). This hot fluent oil canīt get
transported by the oil pump at low RPMīs very efficitvely and doesnīt
stay very long "In" the engine. As a solution I inserted now a 20W-50
(still syntehtic because changing to mineral oil seems to be not too
good) and the problem disappeared completely.
Donīt misunderstand: The 5W-40 is a very good oil for high RPM, high
speed usage in racing bikes but especially for a low RPM AT in city
usage it seems to be not the best choice.
Greets,
--- Micha ---
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