Interesting Oil Test

[Sidecar Flip]

I thought you used you drain oil in your lawnmower AKA KLR

I do. Drain oil from the Triumphs which both get the 20-50 Amsoil. It gets relegated to the lawnmower, rototiller, zero turn and finally, the dirt road.

The KLR gets the 15-40 Rotella T, same as the farm tractors and the cages with the exception of the Powersmoke. It gets 5-40 Rotella Synthetic.

15-40 Rotella is JASO-MA rated even though it's not stated on the container.

The drain oil from the KLR goes bye-bye right away. Because the KLR has a roller and ball bearing lower end, it shears the oil down to a lower viscosity pretty quickly, like 1500 miles between changes.

Put it in, looks like oil. Drain at 1500, looks like water.

 

[W. Tripp]

It would be nice to include Motul in that test. I have used their oils a lot in race engines and they do very nicely in terms of wear resistance. If a captain come thru the shop and we change oil I usually put in the 5100 in a 10/40.Owners report better gearshifting as an aside.

Nev,
It is looking more and more like Motul 300v 10w-40 and Shell Rotela "Synthetic" 5w-40 will be the other oils included in the test, but Silkolene Pro 4 is running a close third. There are still a few more days for them to make the decision - voting ends late next week.

The oils they are considering:
Redline MC 14w-40
Motul 300v 10w-40
Motul 5100 10w-40
Repsol 4t Racing 10w-40
Shell Rotella T synthetic 5w-40
Shell Advance VSX4 10w-40
Silkolene Pro S 10W-50
Silkolene Comp 4 10W-40
Silkolene Pro 4+ 10w-40
Silkolene Pro 4 15w-50

The Rotella is the only oil I offered to test that is not MC specific, and the low ZDDP levels in the current formulation concern me - it is also the only oil that will not be a true synthetic base stock. But so many run it in bikes, the other forum members are talking me into giving it a run on the dyno.

 

[HeR3tic]

...Post up if there is anything specific you want to see in the test.

AmeriLube : American Synthol and Amerilube : synthetic lubricants

I use Amsoil 20W50 and find excellent finger test viscosity and color retention (still slick and fairly clean) at 8k. The clutch or rather shifting begins to become a bit more clunky at 8k. The local Triumph dealer, surprisingly, sells Amsoil off the shelf for nearly $14/qt. I get it directly from Amsoil for a tad less. I too use my drained Amsoil in yard equipment for a season.

The Amerillube 10W50 Eagle G4TC would enable year round protection, for the colder months as well. I'd be interested in the results of this oil in a test up against the better known competition.

Amsoil's white paper: https://www.amsoil.com/lit/g2156.pdf
Page 23 begins the summary and scoring. Amsoil, Motul 300V and Mobil 1 are the top 3 scoring, in order, for SAE 40. Mobil 1 didn't figure into the SAE 50 group and BMW was put in 3rd place.

 

[W. Tripp]

AmeriLube : American Synthol and Amerilube : synthetic lubricants

The Amerillube 10W50 Eagle G4TC would enable year round protection, for the colder months as well. I'd be interested in the results of this oil in a test up against the better known competition.

Interesting, this one is unknown to me and their website doesn't have much info. I will call and talk with them today and report back.

 

[HeR3tic]

Volatility or flash point for the AmeriLube, if I recall correctly, is not particularly high in the great expanse. Low flash point means carbon buildup. I don't see a great deal of black in Amsoil under 5k. At 8k it's time for a change; before it's won't work in my yard machines.