

| Subject: | Re: Oil Suggestions |
| From: | Todd P Last |
| Date: | Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:55:13 -0700 |
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="Century Gothic">Hmm, if you want more zinc-phosphorous additives, why not go with a motorcycle oil?<br> Like a synthetic V-twin motor oil .... after all, the VW engine started out as an air-cooled engine...<br> The one question would be if the lack of friction modifiers would be a limitation.<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Oils/Motorcycle_Oil_FAQs.aspx#FAQs1">http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Oils/Motorcycle_Oil_FAQs.aspx#FAQs1</a><br> <br> I've also heard of people using synthetic oil for diesel engines to get more phosphorus/zinc additives.<br> <br> Todd<br> '88 Westy<br> </font><br> Dave Arthur wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:C5D0A779.4EDD%25dave.arthur@nscc.ca" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Is there an advantage to running synthetic in a WBX 2.1 over conventional oil? If so what weights are being used? Dave </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>
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