Re: [ST] synthetic oil

["Zoltan Pavlakovich" <zpavlakovich@xxxxxxxxx>]

My mechanic tells me to use semi-synthetic oils, since full synthetic
oils will prematurely wear out the clutch. Can somebody confirm this?

Z

On 1/4/07, Lou Kallery <lkallery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jack,
>
> Never having seen this one before I found the image of the girlfriend
> falling off the bike hilarious -- akin to the first time I saw the shirt
> that said, "If you can read this, the bitch fell off" and its sequel, "I'm
> the bitch that fell off."
>
> On a more serious note, though, when I had my 98 T595, I spoke with a man
> who built components for the T5, who went to England and visited Hinckley
> and Mobile Oil folk.  The TV's with the alleged ceramic bore were having
> some trouble with oil consumption because the rings weren't seating
> properly.  This guy told me to use standard petroleum based oil for about
> 3,000 miles, then switch to the synthetic.  I did, and never had a problem.
> There might something to it since, speaking with a Triumph service manager
> yesterday, I brought up the issue of oil and he said that Triumph now
> suggests the use of semi-synthetic for the first 500 miles.  Too, BMW folk
> say ( a kind of consensus based upon polling 6 techs or so) that their
> R1100/1150 series boxers with the Nickels (sp?) bores should run petroleum
> based oils until about 17,000 miles then make the switch to synthetic.
>
> Another conversation of note might be this:  the man of whom I spoke who
> went to England and there visited with a Mobile Oil  rep came back with the
> information that the Mobile 1 oil 15/50 was identical to the Triumph racing
> oil.  Again, I can't verify, but at the time the Mobile 1 at Wal-Mart was
> about $15 -- a considerable savings over the Triumph oil.  I used it and had
> no problems.
>
> Lou
>
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