Thanks Cecil!
I'm confident that this will go well.
As near as I can tell the previous owner didn't run JASO /
MA oil either - so I'm not terribly worried. We'll see after this
first change.
-Joey
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Cecil <[email protected]> wrote:
> I switched both my bikes one being a1979 gs850 tp rotella 5w40 full
> synthetic without a problem. what you have to be careful of is oils
> with friction reducers as the will allow the clutch to slip and not
> engage. that is why the rotella 5w40 works well it is designed for
> high compression diesel engines and does not contain friction
> reducers. also any oil that has an api energy conservation rating on
> it will have friction reducers.
> Cecil
>
> On Apr 19, 7:41 pm, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>> At the risk of starting another oil thread....
>> I picked up Rotella T 10w40 - I've used Rotella before, but not the T
>> - or synthetic blend.
>> It doesn't say JASO MA on it - but the sheet on the shell website
>> lists JASO DH-2, MA - only under the 15w40 grade. They don't even list
>> a 10w40 grade.
>> Thoughts?http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=rotella-en&FC2=/rotella-en...]
>> -Joey
>>
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