Old habits are hard to break I guess. My last Harley lasted 17 years (still running strong) useing HD 20-50.
I think synthetics are way over-rated but what do I know.I use HD 20W/50 and I live in a hot desert area, in fact one could say one of the hottest, if not the hottestin the U.S. and I don't have any problems with using Dino oil.
Thats great.
Have you installed an oil temp gauge?
If so what do you read when up to running temp in the desert?
7K is more than enough break in time. I was going to switch to 20W60 Redline at the 1K mark but the label on the motor oil bottle said to ensure the engine had 3K so I did the switch at 3K.
There are a heck of a lot of engines that come straight from the factory with Synthetic lubes in them. Engines do not need to be broke in with Dino oil, IMO.
Dealer told me my 07 RK Custom had syn3 in motor and dino in primary and trany shipped from factory. Just had my 500 service and was told syn3 went in all 3 holes. This sound right ?
05-02-2007 | 11:27 PM
RE: Synthetic Oil change
