How is it worth it? With changing my oil every 5-6 hours on average I can't justify spending $10/qt on it. Plus Rekluse actually recommends using Rotella T w/ their clutches. I just pulled and replaced my piston @ 80 hrs on my 450 and it had no visible or feeel-able wear to the piston or cylinder.Silkolene Comp 4 sx , pricey but worth it .
How is it worth it? With changing my oil every 5-6 hours on average I can't justify spending $10/qt on it. Plus Rekluse actually recommends using Rotella T w/ their clutches. I just pulled and replaced my piston @ 80 hrs on my 450 and it had no visible or feeel-able wear to the piston or cylinder.
How is it worth it? With changing my oil every 5-6 hours on average I can't justify spending $10/qt on it. Plus Rekluse actually recommends using Rotella T w/ their clutches. I just pulled and replaced my piston @ 80 hrs on my 450 and it had no visible or feeel-able wear to the piston or cylinder.
http://www.rekluse.com/support_faq.shtmlI didn't know recluse recomended Rotella, I have one in my 350.
Hmm, I've never considerd running conventional oil just for the fact that all manufacturers now days recomend synthetic due to the high running temps of these high rpm 4stroke engines and previosly being an auto tech prefer sytnthetics from personal experience for automotive use. I wonder if theres any studys showing comparison between breakdown in synthetics compared to a conventional diesel oil in small engine aplications.
High running temps? My dirtbike actually runs cooler than I'd like.. in the 180 to 190 range.
I'm sure there are, or you can do them yourself. Send oil off to be examined after a couple oil changes with conventional vs synthetic.
I've been running Rotella T 15w40 conventional in both sides of my last few bikes from new till sold and have no reason to switch to anything else. 1 gallon being $13 keeps me on the bandwagon. I cringe when I hear of people paying $10+ a qt for some "superior" lube when they have no reason why other than someone told them to. But then again I'm just some guy telling them to go the other way ;P