Should I use Synthetic or Mineral oil? What is the best viscosity I should be using? How often should I change my oil? Previously this FAQ contained many opinions on various topics, leaving plenty of confusion. Although oil may aid in the reduction of friction within an engine, outside of the engine it generates many heated debates. The blood of the modern combustion engine, plays an important role in the reduction of friction. Sump Plug FAQ (Mostly Classic, but also applicable to GS/Dakar/CS).Should I worry about fresh oil turning dark quickly?.Do additives (Zinc, Phos and Moly) make motorcycle oils more expensive?.What is it again that is aluminum and wears inside the engine?.Should my oil look like a mocca coffee?.What is this white gunk under my oil cap?.What if I do not drive more than 6000miles/10000kms in a year?.Do some oils result in the clutch slipping?.Can I get more power from a different oil?.Upper-Cylinder Lubricants and Oil Additives.Synthetic / Semi-synthetic / Mineral oil debate.Last Updated: 2 June 2007, by Winter #1935 Lynden thank you so much.Special thanks to a trusted "consultant" who wishes to remain anonymous PAT GOSS: Very important point and you know folks, any engine can benefit from an oil cooler, but you have to make sure that you buy a quality part, and that that quality part has a thermostat in it, and that it is properly installed. But also it allows the oil, even in summer time, to come up to temperature more quickly because its just circulated through the engine til it comes up to proper operating temperature and then it’s allowed to do what it needs to do. So if you’re out in the winter time riding around it’s not keeping that oil you know below 200 degrees, its not allowing it enough to boil off that moisture. This is again the same example of a Harley Davidson oil cooler and this has a thermostat inside it, which does two things, one it doesn’t overcool the oil. LYNDEN ABEL: Quite right and that’s why it’s important to get a quality oil cooler that‘s designed for your vehicle that had a thermostat in it. PAT GOSS: And for those of you who don’t know why this is so important, oil gets moisture in it and that moisture continually builds up unless the oil temperature reaches at least 212 degrees to boil the water out of the oil. And if you don’t believe that just put your hand up next to an oil cooler when it’s parked in traffic you’ll feel plenty of heat coming off of it. And while there is no question that they are more efficient at exchanging heat at speed, even in stop and go traffic or not moving at all it does make a big difference in how much heat is shed out of your oil. One of the popular misconceptions with an oil cooler is that they only work at speed. So as the oil is routed through here it’s shedding an awful a lot of it’s heat. In between are thin pipes attached to these fins, which very effectively dissipate heat. And oil comes in one side and goes out the other. What we have here is an oil cooler from a late model Harley Davidson. And it’s a very important part of its job. But so many people do not recognize that the secondary purpose is to cool. LYNDEN ABEL: OK, well as you were discussing, everyone is familiar with the facts that oils primary job is to lubricate.
PAT GOSS: Alright, give us your take on oil coolers. And to give us some pointers, Lynden Abel, general manager of Patriot Harley Davidson in Fairfax, Virginia. And that can be greatly enhanced with a slight modification. Everyone knows that oil is an engine’s lifeblood, so how do you keep your car’s blood from boiling? Well, no matter whether the primary cooling system on your car is coolant or air, the secondary cooling system on all engines is oil.
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