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If a synthetic isn't specifically called for, you can go the full change interval with dino, synthetic or half-and-half.How many miles will you ride with a Synblend oil?
--Mark
If a synthetic isn't specifically called for, you can go the full change interval with dino, synthetic or half-and-half.How many miles will you ride with a Synblend oil?
I've chosen either Mobil 1 Racing 4T 10w40 or Mobil 1 5w40 Turbo Truck oil for use in my ST. Personally I avoid synthetic blends labeled or sold as synblends. I see them as a way for companies to raise the price without the entire benefits of a synthetic product. I could be wrong, just my opinion.How many miles will you ride with a Synblend oil? Been following this thread for a while now and paying attention to people's experiences with the oils.
I have no problems exceeding 8,000 miles with a pure synthetic oil. Once did slightly over 9,000. Since I plan on a Long tour this summer I need the distance. A dino only oil won't do it (for me at least). What is the Synblend oil range?
Also, what Mobile 1 oil version would work in the ST?
I use the Mobil 1 car oil full synthetic in 15-50 when I can find it (not often) or 10-40 now that it's not energy conserving. Count me in the camp that finds the Rotella T-6 feels a little notchy when shifting. It would be interesting at a STOC event to have a couple or few ST's with recently changed oil and have people ride all the bikes without knowing which oil is in which bike, and rate the shifting. I always wonder if the T-6 feels notchy because I expect it to or because it really is.Also, what Mobile 1 oil version would work in the ST?
My exact experience! If I were going on a long trip over a short duration I still might choose the 15W-40 over the T6.Jim, a low pitched rumble from the engine when in neutral and idling is normal and nothing to worry about. It's not related to the oil in use. On the thread topic..... I'm like some others here. In my use conditions, Rotella or Mobil 5w-40 synthetic results in shifting getting a little notchy by 3 or 4,000 miles and I'd feel like changing it long before it actually needed it. And I used it a lot, not just an oil change or three. At some point I added all the oils and miles in use and I think I recall using Rotella 5w-40 for about 70,000 miles. So anyway I'd be paying 50% more for it compared to RotellaT 15w40 which seems to give the same feel until I change it at 5 or 6,000 miles. I just never have been able to go 8,000 miles. I know Honda says I can and plenty of us do it but I prefer not to. The 15w40 oils by Shell and Chevron (Rotella and Delo 400) just feel better to me in my bike and at 160,000 miles I'm settled in to what works well for me. When I took the cross country trip I went back to Mobile 1 MC oil because I thought I might go to 10,000 miles w/o a change and a full synthetic would worry me less. Otherwise it's a 15w40 for me, generally RotellaT, with a change at 5,000 miles or so.
Ha ha haA couple years ago three riders gathered at my place we did three oil changes on their st1300's, they each brought their favorite oil. They were told to return when the shifting started to get notchy etc.
We picked a weekend and all three returned with between 4-5k miles on their bikes. I told them I would change their oil with a secret brand, and if they liked it they all agreed to use it.
An hour or so later (after lunch) they picked up their bikes.
Everyone of them were amazed at how smooth and quiet their bikes now shifted, and agreed that they would use this new secret oil!
Truth is, I didn't change their oil at all....I used dot 4 brake fluid and simply flushed and bled their brakes.
And yes they still speak to me.
Sometimes people tend to over think oil threads.
Kind of what I expected to happen.A couple years ago three riders gathered at my place we did three oil changes on their st1300's, they each brought their favorite oil. They were told to return when the shifting started to get notchy etc.
We picked a weekend and all three returned with between 4-5k miles on their bikes. I told them I would change their oil with a secret brand, and if they liked it they all agreed to use it.
An hour or so later (after lunch) they picked up their bikes.
Everyone of them were amazed at how smooth and quiet their bikes now shifted, and agreed that they would use this new secret oil!
Truth is, I didn't change their oil at all....I used dot 4 brake fluid and simply flushed and bled their brakes.
And yes they still speak to me.
Sometimes people tend to over think oil threads.
That oil is just fine.I see lots of recommendations here for Rotella T6 Synthetic , 5W-40. Silly question, but when I look for that oil it always seems to be diesel oil, which makes me nervous. Is the oil at this link the correct type for my ST1300?
https://www.amazon.com/Shell-Rotella-Synthetic-Engine-Gallon/dp/B01LH7L0KS/ref=asc_df_B01LH7L0KS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312128326273&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2562721688548778094&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013964&hvtargid=pla-568272076486&psc=1
Thanks as always!
Typo in my reply.....I flushed and bled their clutch systems, not the brakes....guess I just have braking bleeding on the brain.
Only in very cold weather, and only for a few moments until the engine warms up. Once the engine is up to operating temperature, it's viscosity performance is the same (the "40" in 15W-40).Just too add to the confusion...
Rotella T6 is now available in 15w-40. This is a "full synthetic". It should hold up to the shear better than the 5w-40.