20W-50 enjun oil

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20W-50 enjun oil

Post by wicky » Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:27 pm

is it suitable and has anyone ever used it in their Rex ??

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Re: 20W-50 enjun oil

Post by dfh » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:38 am

wicky wrote:is it suitable and has anyone ever used it in their Rex ??


Depends on where you hang your hat... I live in Adelaide, South Oz and the coldest it gets here overnight in winter is 6 to 8 degC and in summer the days can be 35 to 40degC. According to the owners manual 20w-50 is spot on for that temp range.
If by some misfortune you live in the frozen wastes for Scandanavia or the incessant rain of the "old dart" 10w-40 is better. One thing for sure the TRX or at least my TRX hates light weight synthetic oils.

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Post by wicky » Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:48 pm

tanks DFH, i live in the UK which of course is balmy and lovely weatherwise :wink: or shud that be barmy.... Is 'Old Dart' a slang name fer the UK ??? My TDM don't really like lightweight semi or fully synth oils either, having said that i have used very little over the last 700 miles or so, maybe 100/150 ml. WiCkY

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Post by Silver » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:12 pm

Wicky, i have used Motul 5100 in 10/40 for the last
3 years with great results, i did try some others but the gearbox didnt like them when hot.
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Re: 20W-50 enjun oil

Post by Shifty » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:27 pm

wicky wrote:is it suitable and has anyone ever used it in their Rex

??
I would use 20w50 if I could find a decent brand and semi-synth.
Used 10w40 Putoline in the Rex tho.
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Post by Quan-Time » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:46 pm

just put some 10w40 (i think ?) fully synth in the TR1X.. and it has a very noticable clacking sound.. almost sounds like there is a hole in the exhaust.. i figgure its the engine because i went from a thick to a thin fully synth.. keep checking it,, all is ok.. but yer..

DFH: when we hookin up for a ride ?

wanna come to mallala for a track day on the 8th ? the TR1X should be there, and i have a camera mount for the tank.. so i can prolly bolt it to mine for one session, then bolt it to yours for another session.. what ya think ?

see how we go.. would be good to compare notes on eachother and what not..
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Re: 20W-50 enjun oil

Post by rct » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:06 pm

wicky wrote:is it suitable and has anyone ever used it in their Rex ??
i have motol 7100 20/50 fully synth in my rex and i is in the uk so far so good.
did the avebury ride from portsmouth and went like a goodun.
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