I run Jap bikes, they don't tend to leak, both mine have but I've made fixes this year so they only leak just a little...
I don't remember if the 0w40 is "energy conserving" but it is also a diesel rated oil... I don't think that being a better oil will hurt anything. Marshall and I did discuss this at one point and he suggested the 5w40 since as far as he was concerned it was the best oil Mobil had. I ran about 5 miles tonight, didn't notice anything untoward which was what I was looking for. As always I'll mention my Dodge pickup leaks considerably LESS now than it did before I started using Mobil 1. Its had Mobil 1 for something like 100,000 miles now. -Curt --- On Wed, 9/10/08, George Larribeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: George Larribeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Motorcycle oil To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 6:01 PM Right about now I really miss Marshall.. I don't think the turbo diesel oils the best choice, a petrol powered MC doesn't need the 'soot' capacity in the oil. However I have become a believer in tar Mobil 1 series of products. I was going to switch to the 0-40 stuff in my HD before I got pretzel-ed. I tried Mobil 1 a long time ago in my Guzzi (soon to be resurrected, with valve and gasket service) but it would leak too much. The Porsche and BMW are now using the 0-40 stuff. I would not be afraid of the small first number in the rating of Mobil 1 products. The important part is it is still oil at outrageous temperatures. My past experience has always been it likes to leak out and this is much more of a issue with a MC because it makes it unsightly. George Larribeau Dallas Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; "Rolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Motorcycle oil > Mobil 1 doesn't have one. Amsoil does I think... > I'm not going to race (this bike is a cruiser) so I don't need super > protection, still I think this will give me more protection than 10w40 > conventional. > > -Curt > > --- On Wed, 9/10/08, Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Motorcycle oil > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 5:29 PM > > All the WERA guys racing SV650's are using 15w40. Not sure about 5w40. > > -Rolf > > Curt Raymond wrote: >> Its too quiet today, this should stir things up... >> I'm in process changing the oil in my Kawasaki 454LTD. I'm gonna > fill it with Mobil 1 5w40 "Turbo Diesel Truck". LT Don's been > using 15w50 in his. I figure the TDT is at least as good as the 10w40 I've > been using and possibly better. Its not an "energy conserving" labeled > oil so I *shouldn't* (scary word) have trouble with the bike's wet > clutch. If this works out my Honda will get the same treatment at the next > change and I'll only stock 2 oils (5w40 for the cars and motorcycles, > 10w30 > for the pickup and small equipment, tractor, snowblower, etc) instead of > 3. >> Need to find the regional distributor for Mobil 1 and see about a volume > discount. I buy 30 or so quarts a year... The guy at Autozone looks at me > like > I'm crazy when I ask for a discount. One of these times I need to get ugly > about it. "look bub, I've bought 30 quarts of this stuff in the last 12 > months..." >> >> -Curt >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
