Syn Oil

[baldguy]

Good day all.

I changed the oil in the scoot last night with Mobil 1 syn 10w-30. I rode the bike 15 miles to work this a.m. and boy I noticed a difference.

Engine runs a lot smoother. Got the idea to run syn in the scoot from this site....thanks guys.

Dave

[Admin]

Synth oil provides better lubrication....period. There is some debate about whether to put it in after full break-in or do it early. I tend to go conservative and get at least 600-800 miles on the engine first. I doubt it really matters. Some new cars come with synth right off the truck.

[baldguy]

yeah Dawg...there's considerable dabate on the issue. The Hemi doesn't have Syn in it, but I've been thinking about it. The forum I participate in for the truck has debated the issue many times.

The boat has a GM 350 small block v-8 in it and it's run syn since break in.

I guess I decided it couldn't hurt the scoot and after reading all the input on this site, I gave it a go. I've got about 700 miles on it so far.

This site is cool btw.

Dave

[oldscooterguy]

You won't find a single passenger Jet airliner using anything except syn oil. Why? Not only is it superior in lubrication at all tmeps and altitudes, but lose an engine and kill 100+ people. Turbine engines operate at greater temp extremes, why use dino oil at all?

I used to work for America West in the 90's. We had an engine on a 757 stay on wing for a record time (7 1/2 round trips to the moon equivalent), all our vehicles have Mobile-1, 2 wheels or 4.

[heavyvino]

arnt the engines supposted to stay on the wing?

[oldscooterguy]

heavyvino said:

arnt the engines supposted to stay on the wing?

They get swapped out when time for a major overhaul. The converse is that many Russian turbo-fans only get 1-2000 hours.