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Old 05-18-2012, 03:32 PM   #11
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Re: what oil y'all using?

Used Castrol in mine for the 25,000mi that I owned it, no problems at all.
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Old 05-21-2012, 02:02 PM   #12
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Re: what oil y'all using?

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Used Castrol in mine for the 25,000mi that I owned it, no problems at all.
what type of Castrol? they make different varieties of passenger vehicle oils, heavy duty engine oils, as well as motorcycle oils? thanks
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Old 05-21-2012, 02:55 PM   #13
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I was "y'all" in the title and said to myself, "Hey, a fellow Pennsylvanian!," before i even looked at the OP's location. LOL!!!
Apparently we're about the only ones left that uses "y'all".
LOL...comes-n-goes from time to time; leftover from living in Chattanooga, TN for a few years, but I am born & raised in PA (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area)



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Old 05-22-2012, 02:40 AM   #14
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Re: what oil y'all using?

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I was "y'all" in the title and said to myself, "Hey, a fellow Pennsylvanian!," before i even looked at the OP's location. LOL!!!
Apparently we're about the only ones left that uses "y'all".
LOL...comes-n-goes from time to time; leftover from living in Chattanooga, TN for a few years, but I am born & raised in PA (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area)
All y'all have to understand we still use it in SC. :biggrin:


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Old 05-22-2012, 07:37 AM   #15
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Re: what oil y'all using?

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Used Castrol in mine for the 25,000mi that I owned it, no problems at all.
what type of Castrol? they make different varieties of passenger vehicle oils, heavy duty engine oils, as well as motorcycle oils? thanks
20w-50 and 10w-40. Summer/winter. Gets pretty hot here in Tx. during the summer. Even used Chevron Delo 15w-40 on occasion, all worked well.
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Old 05-22-2012, 07:43 AM   #16
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I lived in Carbondale Pa for a year. Worked in Wilkes barre and worked in Scranton. Then moved back to NY.
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Old 05-22-2012, 07:44 AM   #17
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I use Castrol motorcycle oil 10w 40
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:27 AM   #18
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Re: what oil y'all using?

I am in Florida and use mine to commute.
I have found that conventional oils start to "cook off" or experience thermal breakdown at 1500-1800 miles, the synthetics last much longer, up to triple depending upon weather.
For me the key is that we only have about a quart and a half of oil to work with, so it is important to keep fresh oil in the mill.

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