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View Poll Results: Do you blend engine oil? | |||
Yes | 1 | 6.67% | |
No | 14 | 93.33% | |
What is blending? | 0 | 0% | |
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04-07-2017, 04:34 PM | #1 |
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Do you blend you oil?
Oil Blending is the intention of taking two oils of different weights, mixing them to create a more desirable weight (Viscosity).
For example; two quarts of 10w40 and two quarts of 20w50 would give something close to 15w45... Same manufacturer, same family of oils only recommended for blending: http://www.widman.biz/English/Calculators/Mixtures.html Login or Register to Remove Ads
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04-07-2017, 06:14 PM | #2 |
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I can't see the benefit of blending oils. I used a variety of regular oils in all my vehicles for over 45 years so far and have never had a motor fail or get damaged yet.
I'm sure oils have improved the past 40 50 years as well,causing me even less concern as whether or not they will do the job.
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04-07-2017, 07:49 PM | #3 |
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Only in the front forks.
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04-08-2017, 09:17 AM | #6 | |
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Been doing this a while now (blending fork oil only), and using 15w and 20w. It gives me the feel I like, (not too soft, and not too harsh) with a fully loaded Premeux fairing that has stereo, amp, speakers (6 1/2" Polk), tach, oil pressure, coolant temp, and volt gauges, and a Zumo GPS. On engine oil, very happy with full synthetic 10w40.
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04-08-2017, 10:22 AM | #7 |
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Depends on the bike, and how the stock suspension felt.
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04-08-2017, 12:29 PM | #8 |
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I really need to know. Do you guys really believe that mixing a 10 weight oil with a 15 weight oil is going to give you a 12.5 weight oil ??
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04-08-2017, 04:22 PM | #9 | |
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Blending 10w and 15w fork oils 50/50 will come out at about 12.2w - 12.3w. Some folks might be able to feel that difference, but I can't, at least not in a cruiser. For my Honda Sabre, I blended 10w and 20w fork oils 50/50 one change (14.5w actual?) then purchased 15w for the next. I couldn't tell any difference between those two, but there was a huge difference between the 10w I had used for the first change and the "15w" blend in the 2nd change. I could also feel the difference between the factory 8w (thanks Honda ) and the 10w in the first change, but that was probably partially due to the fact that the 8w was at least 5 years old and had never been changed. |
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04-08-2017, 04:27 PM | #10 |
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BTW, I answered no to the poll assuming the question was about engine oil only. When changing from 10w40 winter oil to 20w50 for summer or vice versa, I might use up a partial quart of one to get rid of it, without a 2nd thought, but I don't blend to get a specific weight of engine oil.
Fork oil is a different matter. I prefer to buy a specific weight, but will blend 2 weights to get what I want if I need to. |
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04-08-2017, 05:46 PM | #11 |
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I used up some 5w30 filling my motor after oil change, concerned, but I drive all winter down to 19 degrees & figured it can't hurt. Hard starts, log warmup 4 minutes per the manual. Had the rear brake freeze once.
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04-18-2017, 07:21 AM | #12 |
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I do by no means profess to be an oil expert. But in my search to figure out what oil to place in my front forks on my 14 Voyager I ran across this information.
http://www.peterverdone.com/wiki/ind...spension_Fluid What I took from this document is that All Manufactures Wt oil is not the same and each has different characteristics. Again - I don't know how any of this translates into a softer or harder ride. Just info from the net - So we all know it's true. |
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04-18-2017, 09:34 AM | #13 |
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Got 4 quart 10/40 and 1 quart of 20/50 by mistake (it was mixed in with the 10/40) and I did not see it getting it off shelf but used it anyway. no problems doing that but do not mix oil weight otherwise. did not do the pole because it is closed.
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04-18-2017, 12:16 PM | #14 |
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many years ago i talked to a rep from an oil company about mixing to get the viscosity i wanted --- he said the advertised vis was not absolute so not possible to determine exactly what u end up with -- i believe him --- but i do mix at times because it will change the vis some in the direction i want to go --- i only do this with motor oil and stay close to what the MFG recommends because the engineers have a reason for what they recommend
in the 60s a friend was a manager for ESSO oil [exxon] i ask about their budget priced oil vs the top grade -- he said it was the same oil etc just in a different can --- he said I know because I put it in there --- believe what u want --- |
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04-19-2017, 11:30 AM | #15 | |
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Oils.. never even thought about it.. I use Royal Purple ONLY.. I used to have a Trucking company.. I used it in Cat 600hp engines without fail, use it in my Jeep.. Shits amazing.. love that oil, and I will take that straight up as well
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