What oil in 600's?
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What ever you go with...a blower means changing the oil every 20 hours...
I would go with 20W-50 Castrol or M-1 15W-50.
V-Twin/Amsoil Racing or Redline 20W-50 is price if not an issue.
I would go with 20W-50 Castrol or M-1 15W-50.
V-Twin/Amsoil Racing or Redline 20W-50 is price if not an issue.
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20W50 Castrol? I looked at a bottle and it is API SM rated. Doesn't that mean it has reduced levels of ZDDP? I know Kendall 20W50 is still API SJ rated.
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I've been running the Castrol 20w50 for the last 5 years in non-blower engines with great results. I buy it in the gallon jugs at Advance auto parts and change it every 25-30 hours.
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Do I really need a multi vis oil? what is wrong with a straight weight? I do not care about how the engine warms up at idle when it is 5 deg F out.
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No synthetics!... he was adamant about that, I asked why and he said "It F u c k s with the rollers on the lifters and rockers."
Last edited by Back4More; 04-03-2007 at 10:17 PM.
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Teague used to state this too awhile back but hasn't mentioned much about it lately. I personally know of a pair of 454 MAG's with roller cams that had 420 hours on 15W50 Mobil 1 and never had a problem. What never made sense to me about this statement from Merc (and from Bob Teague) is that if the oil is so slick as to not allow the roller tips on the lifters to roll, how can there be enough metal to metal contact to cause wear patterns? How do Corvettes and Vipers on the street running synthetics not have the same problem? I can't imagine the valve spring pressures on marine engines are that much greater than in those motors. Who knows...
Last edited by Knot 4 Me; 04-04-2007 at 07:55 AM.