I remember the graphite oils; my father thought they were great - he ran
it in his '78 suburban and never had a problem.
Why were they pulled? Was it a technical issue, or simply that people
didn't want to buy a black oil?
-=Chris
Chris King
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<-----Original Message----->
From: Kirk Hargreaves [khargreaves2@gmail.com]
Sent: 7/21/2009 1:46:19 PM
To: ladaniels@sbcglobal.net
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: [Spridgets] Red Line
I think Red Line has gone "South" only as a break in. . but should still
be
top notch with ZDDP for after break in use. . . what I got from the
statement anyway?
I have seen Harleys break in on their own synthetic. . and I believe
that
Red Line says that you can break in a motor with their oil. Harley
recommends break in with their synthetic.
However, I would stay to the safe side and use Penn Grade 1 Break in -
and
then go to Re Line or Amsoil for the long run, if so interested.
The old adage still holds. . if you change it regularly and run a non
synthetic, or in our case diesel oil, you will be in just as good shape.
I have seen many Harley Evo's at the 150k and above mark running fine,
only
because the owner changed the oil on a regular basis. . typically at the
2500 mile mark, or at least before 3k. And they were using non-synthetic
Harley oil (before the Motor Company came out with their own synthetic
version).
Also, as most if not all of you are aware. . synthetic comes from the
same
base stock as does non synthetic.
(I still run into people who think that synthetic is made of non natural
components, as developed in a lab not having a regular base stock to
begin
with).
This might be due to the fact that some of the oil companies came out
with a
graphite oil, and other non natural base oils in the latter 1970's. .
which
in turn were pulled from the market.
The difference is in the breakdown of a consistent ten chain molecular
structure for synthetic as opposed to an uneven breakdown in non
synthetic.
.. and of couse whatever additives are put in.
The illustration might be that it is harder to light a phone book than a
pile of leaves. The tighter structure deals with heat better, etc.
Kirk
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