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Old 03-18-2012, 09:41 PM
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Default Which oil for the Florida heat?

Need to do an oil change, so looking for suggestions.

I am leaning towards Mobil 1, just because it's easy to get here in Zephyrhills.

I will use the MoCo oil filter.

What do y'all use in all 3 holes?

Thanks,

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Old 03-18-2012, 09:48 PM
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Mobil 1 synthetic.... Oil in Tranny and engine. Mobil 1 Synthetic gear lube in primary. HD filter.
 
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Old 03-19-2012, 06:22 AM
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I use Mobil 1 Synth 20/50 in all 3 holes. 68K miles, no issues.
 
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Old 03-19-2012, 06:58 AM
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Mobil 1 synthetic.... Oil in Tranny and engine. Mobil 1 Synthetic gear lube in primary. HD filter.
I think you have the tranny & primary mixed up.....
 
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Use AMSOIL 20/50 in the crankcase (I have used Mobil 1 also, nothing wrong with it) Red Line Shock Proof in Tranny and Red Line Primary Oil in Primary....and K&N or MoCo filter
 
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Mobil 1 V-twin in all three. Get mine at Autozone. Clutch has operated the best on the Mobil. Will be changing mine out again sometime this week.
 
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I use Repsol 20/50 full Syn in all 3 holes (Tallahassee FL here)! I notice the tranny on my Deuce is like butter since swapping to full syn!
 
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Originally Posted by cHarley
I think you have the tranny & primary mixed up.....
Damn!! I thought it sounded good though. Lol
 
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Mobil1 15-50 in the crank, Mobil1 75-90 in the tranny. 15-40 Rotella dino in the primary. Moco filter. 140,000 and counting.....
 
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This is my opinion of course based off of my experience.

I'd use mobile vtwin 20-50 in all. It's proven and is easy to get. Tranny shifts a lot smoother than the shockproof that was in it. I also wouldn't use anything thinner than 20-50. Florida is considered subtropical and is way too hot for anything thinner for an air cooled engine. I'm not saying that you can't but motors that are run hard will have more longevity using 20-50 versus a thinner oil.

In case you're wondering the difference in the standard auto mobile 1 versus the vtwin mobile 1 is that the auto is formulated to sustain breakdown to 250 degrees versus the vtwin that sustains up to 300 degrees.

If you do go with gear live than stay away from gl5 lubes as they are corrosive to red metals.
 

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