That's sort of what I was meaning. Engine oils in general are heading steadily toward more and more low-friction modifiers, and it's getting harder to find the older additives now (ZDDP in particular, which older flat-tappet engines need more than modern roller/rocker tappets and VVT engines do). Friction modifiers/inhibitors aren't good for wet clutches (like ours and the DSG/DCT automatics out there now), which need a good viscous fluid that transfers heat well and keeps a steady friction throughout a broad temp range.
I love synthetic oils; my old VWs each get moved to synthetics whenever I do a reseal on them (which eliminates the weepy changeover). Engines and transmissions are going in opposite directions as to their needs, so I'm wondering when the OEMs are going to start splitting them off again, giving you a long-life transmission oil fill and a shorter interval engine oil fill. I personally am looking forward to the transition. So much easier to do engine swaps when you don't have to move both. ;) -Kurt On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Joey Kelley <sandp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kurt, > Synthetics are not a bad thing - neither are they a cause for > panic and oil switching - provided that you switch to them early > enough in the engines life. > I think we'll be seeing a march towards Synthetics but it will > start at the OEMs. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
