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    BMW 0W-20

    Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: CATERHAM Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: CATERHAM The smart money is on using the lightest oil specified. This will minimize the main source of wear on start-up/warm-up while providing all the high temp' viscosity that's needed...
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    Oil's affect on motorcycle gear shift feel?

    Originally Posted By: Shannow Take Larry's measured figures at 6,000RPM, and assume Mr Honda's squirters are 1.0mm dia. Oils are considered at 100C, as that's what the KV is on the data sheet. 30W - 60 psi - M1 AFE 40W - 84 psi - M 4T 10W40 50W - 90 psi. - M 4T 15W50 Flow Rate through each...
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    Oil's affect on motorcycle gear shift feel?

    Originally Posted By: Shannow Originally Posted By: bulwnkl What the fluids are is irrelevant. Water and molasses help illustrate the effect. When talking of a given system, higher viscosity fluids flow more slowly through a given nozzle/orifice. Thus, the higher oil (back-)pressure generated by...
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    Mobil oil no longer authorized for BMW?

    If you recall we were still getting in Canada the old PAO based SM 0W-40 up until about a year ago; long after Mobil had switched to the heavier SN oil. We're not getting the latest FS version of M1 0W-40 yet, so if past experience is anything to go by, the current LL-01 labelled oil should be...
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    VOA Porsche Classic 20W50

    My Porsche can is 5 liters.
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    BMW 0W-20

    Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: CATERHAM The smart money is on using the lightest oil specified. This will minimize the main source of wear on start-up/warm-up while providing all the high temp' viscosity that's needed. And if you don't track your car then you're not seeing the...
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    BMW 0W-20

    Originally Posted By: Bryanccfshr The pumpability argument is a false dichotomy, oil pumps are PD pumps, meaning as long as the oil is pump able, the same volume of oil is moved into the engine regardless of SAE grade. Yes oil pumps are PD pumps but the rate of oil flow through an engine is...
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    Mobil oil no longer authorized for BMW?

    I did a quick check to see if this has been posted before and it doesn't appear to have been. The new M1 FS 0W-40 doesn't have BMW approval so I checked the Mobil product guide below and I couldn't find any recommended oil for any BMW, new or oil...
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    BMW 0W-20

    It's a given. There isn't an auto manufacturer or oil formulator that disagrees with what I've said; just you with your heavy oil bias. The oil is not instantly there on a cold start as you claim. The heavier the oil the slower the flow; hence the longer it takes to get initially to engine...
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    BMW 0W-20

    The smart money is on using the lightest oil specified. This will minimize the main source of wear on start-up/warm-up while providing all the high temp' viscosity that's needed. And if you don't track your car then you're not seeing the highest oil temp's that are possible; all the more reason...
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    PP Euro LX 0W-30. VI 204.

    Originally Posted By: FordCapriDriver Soooo it's Shell Helix Ultra 0W-30, with a Pennzoil logo on it .... Yep, that's what it is.
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    PP Euro LX 0W-30. VI 204.

    Just in quart bottles from Cdn Tire as far as I know, although they are available in EcoBoxes (23 L?) from a Shell/Pennzoil oil distributor.
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    Optimal Oil Temperatures

    Don't know why you've started a new thread when you could have continued with the last one below? https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/3928126/1 The minimum oil temp's you want is about 180F. As has been suggested ditch the oil cooler. Run the lightest oil that allows you...
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    Fuchs GT1 0W20-2yrs/14,348km-10 Ford Focus 2.0L

    I'm using the Fuchs GT1 XTL 0W-20 that I bought about two years ago and there was none of the gel like fall out that you have. Years ago before joining BITOG I experienced something similar with a semi-syn house brand 15W-50 and I simply took what was left back to the retailer for a refund. I...
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    VOA Porsche Classic 20W50

    A Porsche mechanic friend of mine gave me a mostly empty can with a litre or so of oil left in it. I'm using the oil in my 40 year old Briggs & Stratton lawnmower cut with some used but still serviceable Idemitsu 0W-20. This low detergent "mild mineral oil" oil as Porsche describes it, is...
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    PP EURO LX 0W30

    Originally Posted By: 21Rouge Originally Posted By: addyguy Canadian Tire now carries this oil in 1-liter bottles for $10.49 each. Checked yesterday and not in "my" CT. Still must be rolling it out as it doesnt seem to be listed on their site. Saw it in my local Cdn Tire yesterday. They are...
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    PP Euro LX 0W-30. VI 204.

    Good news for Canadians! PP Euro LX 0W-30 is now available at Cdn Tire with a list price of $10.49($8.00 US)/qt. They are also stocking PP Euro L 5W-30 and PP Euro 5W-40 all at the same price.
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    0W30 0il

    Originally Posted By: BlueOvalFitter Why is this weight of oil so scarce? I have seen it in a few flavors, but, it's kind of rare. The reason is because few manufacturers specify the grade. So the question is why don't they? In NA it has to do with the move from 5W-30 in favour of 5W-20 to...
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    BMW 0W-20

    Originally Posted By: Shannow re what happens at lower RPM, and Minimum Oil Film Thicknesses... Seems a bit counter-intuitive to install thinner oil, then instal nannies to protect the engine from it if your goal is "improved" protection. Nice chart. Less power at a given rpm, which...
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    BMW 0W-20

    Now you're second guessing BMW. It would be interesting to know what the maximum oil temp's are for the N20 engine. I suspect it is well controlled in addition to ECU mapping that limits torque at low rpm if oil temp's do get too high. That said it wouldn't surprise me if initial WOT low rpm...
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