Many, many years ago dinosaurs(dino) roamed the earth, they died. After some incredibly long natural processing, they become crude oil which is processed into many products, including motor oil (non-synthetic)! Thus DINO - JUICE! ......or oil!
Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kevinhawk.com Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 //'93 Yamaha GTS1000 //'85 FZ750 I presume dino oil is one recommended for Ferrari's??!! Seriously, what does "dino" mean and where is the origin? It's not a word used here in Oz. Regards, Rob Chapman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry S. Winokur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:41 AM Subject: Re: dreaded oil consumption thread > > 1700 miles and had to add about about a half pint before my next change to > > Motul 5100 mwhich is a blend. Rode to Death Valley and back > > running between > > 80 and 100 most of the way with Kelly Cash and Christopher (cant remember > > the last name) and along the way they were adding oil almost each time we > > fueled. Went 1200 miles and the oil level is still full in the > > sight glass. > > I now have about 1500 and it still doesnt show any oil usage. > > Needless to > > say I was quite surprised and wondered if running the dino oil > > longer had a > > effect of sealing the rings better. Just a thought. > > Bob Johnson > > That's an interesting observation. My recollection is that I did not switch > to synthetic until over 5000 miles --I just checked the records: I changed > to synthetic at 6650--miles on the clock--RSRBob's suggestion as I recall. > It seems to me that he indicated that the Yami rings took a while to seat > and using dino oil a bit longer than 5K would be a good idea. > > Regards, > > Henry S. Winokur > 94 GTS1000, AMA, MRF, > Nationally Certified Riding Instructor > Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force > West Bethesda, MD USA
