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Old 06-18-2013, 08:35 AM
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I'm running Delo 15-40 and it works great...how 'bout you?
 
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Extra virgin olive oil here. But it's synthetic...
 
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I'm running "whatever the dealership put in it" oil. No problems so far!
 
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if i run synthetic, i have a slight oil weep. if i run dino, i don't. and yes, i know that its only a matter of time before it starts leaking with dino too, but for right now, if it ain't broke, i aint fixin it..... but due to the heat here, i'm running 20w-50, and in a month or so, i'll bump that up to 60w.
 
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why do they call it "dino oil?"
 
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Cause it's made, in part, from decomposed dinosaurs.

I use straight 50w or 25-50w dino in accordance with the service manual.
 
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you should read what oil actually comes from, except for a microscopic portion does not come from dinosaurs.

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Cause it's made, in part, from decomposed dinosaurs.

I use straight 50w or 25-50w dino in accordance with the service manual.
 
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It comes from the ground 'fossil crude' I'm sure that includes some dinosaurs
 
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Oil actually comes from microscopic single-celled organisms, in the ocean. Sinclair oil company used a dinosaur for advertisements. So, Sinclair advertised oil comes from dinosaurs. I think it is funny how people assume that it comes from dinosaurs. As a disclaimer, yes a microscopic portion of oil could be from dinosaurs.
 

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Why would "dino" be bad for your bike?
 


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