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Anyone up for an Oil Thread ? Or oil additives?

Wingsconsin

Wingsconsin

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I have been reading a bit about our current oil options for these old machines.
It seems due to catalytic converters we are seeing reduced wear additives in the oil itself ...?
Like zinc which is a good element for protecting against wear..?

There is a product called ZDDP Plus -- ( https://zddplus.com/ )

This promises to increase the wear capability of our engien oil specifically where we need it most -- cam shaft surfaces..

Anyone have any experience with this product ?

:-\\\ :snowman: :idea: :hypnotysed:
 
I love watching this guy, He does videos of oil treatments. I've actually ran this product in an old GS 450 with weak compression on 1 cylinder and it did bring Compression back.


Fun to soak up time with these videos.

HAHA
 
good thread, better than politics. I used "auto-rx" in a 67 honda dream I picked up. I think it worked....cleaned things up enough to reveal 2 broken rings in a cylinder....bike puked out a significant amount of oil before I disassembled it.... I will say don't dare question whether it works or not in the auto-rx or the bobistheoilguy forums, they will ban you and treat you like you peed on their mom, sheesh, thank god this forum is a bit more polite than most.
 
My grandfather sluiced out diesel oilpans with kerosene suring oil changes.
He also rubbed wd40 on his joints
 
I picked up some Mystic semi-synthetic diesel oil a while back because it's supposed to have a healthy dose of ZDDP. Shell Rotella is another excellent diesel oil that's very popular in GS bikes. I'd stick to something tried and true and avoid additives.
 
Nessism said:
I picked up some Mystic semi-synthetic diesel oil a while back because it's supposed to have a healthy dose of ZDDP. Shell Rotella is another excellent diesel oil that's very popular in GS bikes. I'd stick to something tried and true and avoid additives.
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ZDDP is a good thing for any engine. I avoid any oil that has less than about 1200 ppm of ZDDP.
 
its hell on cats apparently

whats the snake oil sludge clearing goop? Any quality oil changed at sufficient intervals will clean sludge from and engine.
 
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