Re: [ST] Oil Substitute?

["Cameron" <camckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What about FREE-BASED?
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Lindsey" <Neil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] Oil Substitute?


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Tynan" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > From: owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 05:55
> >
> > According to my (Triumph accredited) dealer's service invoices, I'm
> running
> > Castrol R4 Superbike, which, according to Castrol
> >
(http://complete-motoring.com/complete-motoring.nsf/HTMLPages/top_frames)
> is
> > "Fully synthetic, SAE 5W-40 (can be used where 10W-40 is advised)".
> >
>
> Well, Triumph's service manual specifically says NOT to oils with a cold
> viscosity of 0W or 5W or engine damage could result.  So who ya gonna
> believe -- Triumph, your dealer, or Castrol?  I know what my answer would
> be.
>
> Not that this will be the case for this fully-synthetic  Castrol oil, but
is
> Castrol normally a castor-based oil?  The reason I ask is that I just
> noticed another notice in the owners handbook that warns against
> castor-based oil (along with mineral-based, vegetable-based, and
> non-detergent oil)
>
> Neil
>
>
>
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