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Austin F

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I'm still figuring out the site, and this has probably been answered already, but I have to ask. Has anybody tried Mobil 1 0W-40 in their cycles? Up here in Wis. it sounds perfect for somebody that wants to fire up their cycle in winter to keep the engine freed up. I've read that Shell Rotella T 5W-40 is supposed to be good too, but has a slightly high ash content. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
 
Most of us recommend against using 5W or lighter oils since they often contain friction modifiers, which can cause clutch problems. Furthermore, you'd be two levels lower in viscosity than Suzuki recommends.
 
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Maybe a kindly moderator will come along and tell you that 3 letter searches don't work here (like "oil") but a search on "synthetic" will give you MORE than you want. :mrgreen:
 
Thanks guys for responding. I figured out where the oil threads are, and holy crap there are a lot of them. Haven't found much about 0W-40 though. Oh well.
 
I would personally steer clear of 0 weight oil in your S50/ VS800. 0W-40 is found only in the newest models from Porsche and Aston Martin, and for high-performance Mercedes-Benz AMG models, all of which use close engine tolerances and metallurgy technology beyond the imagination of the engineers who designed the Suzuki VS motor back in 1985. I would guess at very least it would cause your wet clutch to slip due to the super-slippery additives, and it would probably be too thin. Oil that is too thin for the application is very bad.

The closest thing I have to personal experience is when a not-so-helpful soul put 10W-30 into my girlfriend
 
I had the oil changed at a local motorcycle shop in New Hamshire while on a road trip. The next day a rod started knocking. When I checked, there was not one drop of oil in the crankcase, so either he forgot to refill it or he did not put the filter on right and it all leaked out in the 600+ miles I had turned on the interstate heading back to GA. Of course the shop denied any wrong doing, and I did not have time to go back the 600 miles and kick his ass. A quick check at the parts counter showed that it would cost more to fix it than the bike was worth, so I bought another VS800, swapped over my accessories, and gave the one with the rod knock away. That was the last time anyone other than myself changed the oil in one of my bikes, even on the road- now I pack a spare filter, and change the oil in the parking lot where I buy the oil, dumping the old oil into their recycle drum.

Too bad- I really wonder how far that bike would go before it died of natural causes. But ti was starting to use oil and smoke a little, so I'm guessing it would not have been too much longer anyways.
 
today, if such a thing were to happen, you'd part it out and sell it off on the "online auction."

because a bike that's not running will fetch some dough if only for the parts that it has.
 
I put 5W-40 Mobil 1 Synthetic in my bike with an OEM filter. The stock oil is 10W-40 but I did not find any while at walmart. It is very important that the oil is not energy conserving because then it will have friction modifiers that could mess up your clutch. The 5W or 10W is not going to create problems as it is only for when the oil is cold. The more important number is the 40 when it reaches operating temp.
 
I've made good money parting out bikes, but in this case I was quite some ways from home so I just bought a new bike, gave the old one away, and continued my trip. The look on my GF face when I got home riding a blue Intruder instead of the green one I left on was priceless. LOL!
 
I wasn't gonna comment on this but it's been bugging me so...........

How do you know that some (or all) oil makers may have decided not to list "energy conserving" prominently on the label anymore?

I'd read the label very carefully.....the whole thing but don't think I'd take that chance. Surely WallyWorld isn't the only place you can get oil.
 
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