digest number 1449

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I need your wisdom on synthetic oils. I used Sylkolene synthetic oil over a base of castor oil for maximum protection as recomended from a dealer in town. I hit for a 1000 mile ride and the oil turned black after the first stop and the people I was ridding with said my bike left a smell of castor whenever I passed them. Is this normal with synthetic oils? Should I change back to petrolum oils and if so how should i wash the motor with before doing so. Regarsd, Pablo

[Rex]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Pablo Andres Jaramillo" wrote:

> I need your wisdom on synthetic oils. > > I used Sylkolene synthetic oil over a base of castor oil for maximum > protection as recomended from a dealer in town. > > I hit for a 1000 mile ride and the oil turned black after the first

stop and

> the people I was ridding with said my bike left a smell of castor

whenever I

> passed them. > > Is this normal with synthetic oils? Should I change back to

petrolum oils

> and if so how should i wash the motor with before doing so. > > Regarsd, > > Pablo

=============================== *** 2nd attempt to List **** =============================== The Dangers Of Synthetic Oil Authored by: Aaron Bockelie Beware of synthetic oil, it can do terrible things to you and your beloved motorcycle. It will not only leak out of your engine faster than you can put it in, but it will also cause your oil filter to clog and implode, dumping debris and dirt into your lubrication system. It also will make every part of your bike permanently slippery because of its linear molecular chain dispersion action. Then it will leak onto your kickstand causing it to retract automatically, dropping your bike on the ground! But that's not all... Synthetic oil will round off your gears and spin your bearings. It will also splatter onto your seat, causing your girlfriend to fall off in the apex of a turn and she'll never ride with you again. Synthetic oil coats your sight window and your timing window with a whitish pro-emulsification additive that is both non-removable and highly corrosive. Synthetic oil will completely leak onto the ground overnight and your dog will drink it and die. Synthetic oil will wear out your tires and make your battery leak. It will give you the desperate need to urinate after you put your full leathers on and then jam your zippers shut. It will contaminate your gasoline causing your bike to stall on railroad tracks and accelerate uncontrollably near police cars. It will make it rain during rallies and on weekends. It will lubricate four timing belts causing them to jump teeth and break your valves to bits. Synthetic oil chemically weakens desmodromic valves and causes the clearances to change every six miles. Then it melts the black soles of your riding boots night before you walk across your new carpeting. While riding past groups of attractive women it will cause both of your handlebar grips to slip off at the same time so you smash your windscreen with the bridge of your nose. It also causes your swingarm to crack, your studs to break, and your rotors to warp, and then it voids your warranty by changing your odometer reading to 55,555. It also dries out your wetclutch and wets your dryclutch. It makes your clutch slave cylinder seal fail in the heaviest traffic on the hottest day of the year while putting an angry wasp in your helmet for good measure. Synthetic oil hides your 13mm socket and puts superglue on your earplugs. Synthetic oil will scratch your faceshield and make your gloves shrink two sizes night before trackday. Synthetic oil stole your neutral and sold it to the Chinese for $1.25. Synthetic oil will make you grow a tail. Synthetic oil will write long crazy e-mails to your Internet friends and then sign your name at the bottom.

[Susan Moorhead]

Pablo, I think the key phrase here may be, "as recommended from a dealer...". I use only Mobil 1 synthetic, they have been in the synthetic business longer than anyone. Never heard of Sylkolene. Bottom line, use what you have confidence in. Marshall in Afton, Ok '95 KLXC3 "Blackhorse"

----- Original Message ----- From: Pablo Andres Jaramillo To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 3:50 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Sythetic Oil > I need your wisdom on synthetic oils. > > I used Sylkolene synthetic oil over a base of castor oil for maximum > protection as recomended from a dealer in town. > > I hit for a 1000 mile ride and the oil turned black after the first stop and > the people I was ridding with said my bike left a smell of castor whenever I > passed them. > > Is this normal with synthetic oils? Should I change back to petrolum oils > and if so how should i wash the motor with before doing so. > > Regarsd, > > Pablo

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