Just a "make me fool good" answer

[DVigue]

I have 3 jugs of Quaker State SAE 20w-50 peak performance. I am changing my oil this weekend and want to know if it will work ok in the XJ. I know 20w-50 will but not too Oil-knowledgeable. Just wanting to ensure I don't put something in the scoot that doinks it up.

[Crazcnuk]

Why wouldn't it?

If it's the correct weight, as per your manual, ANY commercially available oil will work.

However, I am not as picky as many, and I have never noticed any difference between brands.

[TopCatGr58]

Hey Daryl,

If you'll do a search on Synthetic oil, you'll find lots of threads on this topic! I'm not familiar with that oil, but as long as it's not full synth, and IIRC doesn't have friction modifying components as noted in 1/2 of the SAE seal on the bottle, then it should be okay.
T.C.

[DVigue]

Ok just read these have friction modifiers in them.....bad oil for clutches.

Now to open the bees nest,

Castrol GTX 20w50 is ok?

I just want some oil that I can get tonight and not doink up my scoot....I need a waaaaaaaaaaaambulance dang it.

[TopCatGr58]

Daryl,

Didn't do any searches did you? Many of us use GTX very happily! Good Riding!
T.C.

[DVigue]

TC I did do searches but when you put in OIL you get like 5,000,000,000 posts on here and not sure which one applied to me.

And it being like religion or politics, just needed a pat on the head and a "yes it works" so I don't screw up my first bike.

[prometheus578]

"I run Castrol GTX 20w50."

No worries.

(Pats your head for you.... but washes his hands afterwards)

[TopCatGr58]

Hey Daryl,

That's the neat thing about the search feature, you can provide more than 1 word to search by to help narrow down the results. The search words need to be at least 3 letters long. So a possible search could have been "GTX oil", and probably would have been only 10,000 threads!! No harshness was intended in my previous reply, I need a tongue in cheek smiley!
T.C.

[DVigue]

I just got worried about the message I got when searching for oil.....


"Are you SURE you want to search for flame wars?"

It just made me nervous.

D

[Crazcnuk]

ALL motor oils modify friction, that is what they do.

Wet clutches are designed to work in motor oil. Synthetic doesn't make any difference.

What has happened to people, is that they have a borderline clutch to start with, put in a better type of oil and the clutch started slip, big surprise.

The debate comes with oil additives, like moly-slip, or other such things.

[jeffe]

I have used 20-50 Castrol in my bikes for years. My last bike was a 1982 650 Seca. Over 100,000 miles with no issues. Changed oil and filter every 2 to 3,000 miles. Had the valves adjustment looked at when it had around 65,000. They all checked out with no adjustment needed.
I have been using Seafoam in the crankcase as per the directions every other oil change. Seems to keep the crankcase cleaner, the clutch also feels better. Put the seafoam in, ride easily for 2 or 3 miles and change oil as normal.

[Geezer]

I would only use QuakerState oil in something I was planning to sell right away as a running junker.

I prefer Valvoline Racing VR2.

Geezer

[prometheus578]

I agree (as always) with The Great Geezer.

[Crazcnuk]

And they say advertising doesn't work...

There is no difference between motor oils, for the most part, except for advertising budgets.

The motor vehicle industry has us changing it 5-10x more often (at least) than we need to.

Think about it. The oil change interval has not changed since before cars had oil filters.

All Volkswagen beetles from the 1930's to 1979 (from Volkswagen) NEVER HAD AN OIL FILTER and yet, they were reknowned for lasting a long time, and taking all kinds of abuse.

Now all engines are completely sealed from the atmosphere, yet, the change interval has not changed at all.

Where is the dirt coming from?

I've known people who ran the same oil in their cars for 100,000s of miles. I don't recommend it, but they never had any problems. They just topped the oil up, as necessary, and changed the filter occassionally.

If you doubt any of this, there are kits you can buy to send your oil away to have it tested. It doesn't cost very much and they can tell you anything you ever wanted to know about your oil and anything that comes into contact with it. Big truck companies do this routinely, as the analysis can tell you if you should change more or less often and specifically what components are wearing in the engine.

[madmax-im]

No Moly Synthetic Oil

With Synthetic oil make sure IT DOES NOT SAY Energy Conserving...you want no-moly synthetic oil