My bike's manual recommends the following:
Below 32oF Multi-grade oil SAE 10 W 30
From 32-86oF Single grade oil SAE 30
Over 86oF and for sustained high speed
driving Single grade oil SAE 40
The bike currently has 78,000 on the clock. I have been using Castrol 20w/50 Dino for years.
Any...
Forget the cost of oil changes. Would it be profitable to run a paper route if you were driving close to 800 miles a day? That truck probably got only 16 mpg. So he was burning at least 50 gallons of fuel a day at over $2.00 a gallon. To run that kind of mileage one would be spending over $100 a...
In another thread Bryanccfshr mentioned the differences in oil in other countries.
I find it interesting that for a 1994 Nissan Maxima Castol 20W-50 is recommended in the US but Castol 0W-30 is recommended in England. Why would a thinner oil be spec'ed for an English vehicle...