Recent content by Rick_A

A question for Cujet. Some of the oils for premix vs injection are very thick. Does the viscosity of the oil have any affect on the oil ratio to use?

Amazon has a Lucas semi-synthetic that meets those specs at a pretty decent price.

Ours is 2WD

We are averaging about 28 mpg (hand calculated) with our 2018 Chevy Equinox 1.5T. The trip meter usually reads about 2 mpg higher than the hand calculated numbers. We live in a rural area where the highway speed limit is 60 and there isn't a lot of stop and go driving. Rick

I just completed another oil change on my 2015 Ecodiesel 4x4. Here is the UOA from this change and my other ones. The wear metals continue to drop and I am very happy with the results on this (almost) 10,000 mile OCI. The Rotella T6 5w40 (CJ ver.) seems to be working great and has plenty of life...

We installed a solar system about 4 years ago and we are very happy with it. Of course, in Southern California we have plenty of sunshine. We bought our system outright from Costco and had a local company do the installation. Our system is a grid-tie (no storage or generation if the main power...

I have one and it works ok. But, the display isn't very bright and it is hard to see in bright lighting. Also the text etc is pretty small on that size screen. It was easy to build and it works, but for me it is more of a toy or maybe a dedicated display on another project. Rick

Napa has Mobil esp 5w30 on sale for $5.99 a liter so I just picked up a couple of cases. Rick

I used Valvoline 10W40 years ago for an 8,000 mile OCI. The data is pretty old now but here is a link: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1119923 Rick

Here is my UOA of GN4 from 2007. The formatting isn't very good but the data is all there. I have 3 UOAs here including the GN4 on the far right. Rick 1999 Honda ST1100 Water-cooled V4 Shared engine/trans. oil, wet clutch Blackstone Labs Oil...............Delo15W40.....GC0W30.........Honda...

I have been doing 8,000 mile OCIs (as recommended in the manual) on my Honda ST1100 for years and getting good UOA results. Most of the time I use a 15W40 or T6 5W40 although I have run 0W30 to 15W50 oils. I have posted a couple of dozen UOAs on this site. On my bike found that all of the...

A 15W40 would probably work well for you but the T6 should be fine also. I have run the T6 5W40 several times in my ST1100 with 8,000 mile OCIs and the UOA results have been very good. The ST is a shared sump water-cooled V4. The typical SUS vis at 210F was 65.9 for the T6, 66.0 for Mobil...

Hmmm, that's too small for me. My ST1100 is 7.4 Gallons, the low fuel light comes on at about 300 miles with a 50-60 range still left. But if you're not doing long rides on it maybe it's not a big deal. Rick

I run it in my 2008 Goldwing with no problems. I have also run it in my ST1100 with an 8,000 mile OCI and it performed well. It even stayed in grade. I posted that UOA in the MC UOA forum in 2011. Rick

Hmmm, try this: ST1100 UOA Rick