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Petaluma and Truckee, CA -- member since Jan. 23, 2003;
PREVIOUS KZs: 1980 KZ750H with 108,000 miles; 1980 KZ750E with 28,000 miles; and KZ750H street/cafe project, all sold a few years back.
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...Absolute NOT GOOD for any oil (Any Brand) that is marked “Energy Conserving” in the API “Donut” on the bottle...
That's been a pretty much a known quantity for awhile, but it bears repeating.
Running our older, broken in engines on Castrol 20W-50 GTX is ok.
Whew. Been runnin' it for years... :whistle:
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Hmmmm. Gonna have to keep looking into this. BTW, Lucas Oil Stabilizer does not claim to contain ZDDP.
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It's roughly 10C here but will be in the 20C range once spring is in full bloom over here.
That's not really too TOO cold for 15W40 right?
Plus this is the first fresh oil it'll have in quite a while (been sitting), so I heard heavy oil is better for flushing/working things outa the system.
I will prolly buy another jug soon too, and run lllots through my baby to make sure she's clean. New oil filter as well before she's on the road, no doubt.
Time to get oil after work!
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I have been running it for about 3 years now. No problems to report....Rotella T 15-40 diesel?...
Regarding cold and oil, since I don't ride below 32F myself, the "15" part of 15w40 does not really concern me much...
(1.) '75/'76 KZ400D - Commuter
(2.) '78 KZ750B3 Twin - Commuter
(3.) '78 KZ750B3 Twin - Commuter
(4.) '75 KZ400D - Sold
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apparently its Castrol.
I was buying it solely based on the fact that its says motorcycle on the bottle
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I use Castrol 20-50 in everything I drive or ride accept my Geo Metro two seat convertable. It has a 1 liter 3 cyl that is rough on engines an oil. I relpaced the engine two years ago and started using full synthetic and it works great.
An old bike mechanic told me not to use Synthetic in my motorcycles because it would mess with the clutch, anyone else heard this??
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