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BBonz replied to the thread BMW TPT 0w=20, 2.4k mi; 2024 BMW 230i B48.Honestly, oil is not worn out by time. It's been proven many many times that going two years (for instance) while not exceeding the...
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BBonz replied to the thread BMW TPT 0w=20, 2.4k mi; 2024 BMW 230i B48.What's the thought on short OCI's of 2,500 miles with Motul 8100 synthetic? Seems like a short time frame given BMW (from what I have...
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BBonz replied to the thread Racing motorcycle oils.Yes, I noted also that the Motul starts on the low end of 40 grade viscosity and that it was lower than M1. Should have mentioned that...
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BBonz replied to the thread Energy/Resource conserving oil not allowed? Why?.On the shearing, to go from a 5w to a 30 grade, it's a factor of 6 to get there. To go from 20w to 50 grade is a factor of 2.5. Much...
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BBonz replied to the thread Racing motorcycle oils.Correct, it is fine to run M1 10w40 4T "Racing" on the street. I went into the weeds so to speak in the sense of saying M1 being on the...
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BThere's no disconnect, you just seem to keep focusing on the significance of the 'lower end of viscosity range' attribute of the oil...
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BBonz replied to the thread which SP rated 10w-30 has highest level of moly?.I ran Redline 20w50 MC oil and the UOA showed a very high moly content (290 ppm in UOA against a 500 ppm spec at the time) however they...
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BBonz replied to the thread Racing motorcycle oils.Sure, it's marketing. However when marketing an oil as a racing oil, it makes sense if a company was serious in calling it a racing oil...
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BBonz replied to the thread Racing motorcycle oils.The difference between a thick oil of a grade and a thinner oil in the same grade is a real thing with respect to the engine working to...
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BBonz replied to the thread Racing motorcycle oils.What you're saying is Mobil (or other mfg's) doesn't skew within the spec to make it a lighter or heavier grade within the 40 grade...
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BBonz replied to the thread Racing motorcycle oils.You don't think so? I would absolutely disagree with that. Marketing has a purpose, and a published low KV is marketing..... I can't...
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BBonz replied to the thread Racing motorcycle oils.Agree to a large extent that it's marketing, however, because it has such a low KV value of 13.4 to start, that means less friction loss...
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BBonz replied to the thread Racing motorcycle oils.Mobil 1 10w40 4T starts out as a very low 40 grade. I've done (3) ~5,000 mile OCI's with it in my ZRX1200, and the one I did a TBN on...
