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Old 04-10-2013, 05:12 PM
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been running reg hd 20-50 and so has the previous owner for the past 20k miles on my 09 rk...been looking to switch to mobil 1 vtwin 20-50 for my eng, redline oil for my primary and tranny... is it too late to switch?

primary currently takes hd+ primary oil and tranny uses the belray stuff that hd sells
 
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Too late for what? Its fine.
 
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Never to late to switch oil. I switched oil brands on my bike when it had 45k on it
 
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I was always told even on cars to not let the 1st oil change when switching go the distance. Run it a thousand and change oil and filter then the normal interval.
 
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Originally Posted by fmfpj
I was always told even on cars to not let the 1st oil change when switching go the distance. Run it a thousand and change oil and filter then the normal interval.

Why?????
 
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Was told that the synthetic and dyno oil would gel/gum up.
 
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I switched to synthetic at 30,000. Should have done it sooner. Bike ran cooler and quieter. Switched to Synthetic in the primary ay the same time.
 
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Haha!!! That's some funny stuff it will not gel and you can switch oils out as many times as you like. I did it ony wife's Durango many times when I didn't have the money to keep full syn in it so every other oil change I ran full syn. With Lucas oil additives. So you will be fine.
 
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You should just be fine. But I wouldn't keep switching back and forth
 
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If you want to start using synthetic go for it

Originally Posted by fmfpj
Was told that the synthetic and dyno oil would gel/gum up.
You've been missinformed. Note: Not all synthetics are a full synthetic. They do also make blends
 


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