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porkchop

Is syn oil really worth the extra expence? Ihave been using syn in my dyna from day one but i still change it every 2500 miles. Am i wasting my $ on this? I do know a couple of guys that are close to 100k on dino oil and still runing strong.

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smitty901

YES and then some
But shop around prices very a lot
SNY oil and lube cheap insurance

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R. Lewis

IMO ---- this is a "OWNER'S CHOICE" topic BUT with that said -- yes it's worth it to me. Ever consider extending your oil changes to 3 or 5 k with the syn. and this depends on your choice of syn. oil your using.. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with the dino oil just a few better oils on the market.

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glider

Dino oil will get you by but synthetic oils will do it better. They will reduce temps a bit and just make things slipperier, they also clean sludge better than dino oil. You'll notice on the first switch to synthetic from dino oil that it will get dark fast. That's the cleaning taking place.

Just don't use the syn 3 from Harley.

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smitty901

IMO I have no problem running 5000 on an oil chnage under normal conditions
with SNy inthe engine .

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porkchop

A buddy of mine was telling me that the benifits of syn wasnt worth the extra cost and down the road you wouldnt be able tell much difference in wear if you tare down the engine. But that being said your probably right about the insurance part. maybe i should keep on going on syn.

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R. Lewis

I would almost bet that your buddy hasn't used anything but dino oils????

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porkchop

Yes you would be correct on that. This is the first time i have used syn oil in anything, the main reason was for the high heat here in Tx. but before this had no experiance with syn wasnt sure if it was just a bunch of hype, there is allways two sides on this and it seems more poeple like the syn. Iguess time will tell. BTW ive been using amsoil not syn3.

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silentflyer

Localy the Mobil VTwin Syn is less/qt. than the HD dino oil and the Amzoil, and works just fine.

smitty901

heres one story.
With dino and sny3 oil and lubes My drain plugs had fuzzy.
after first oil and lube chnage with sny fuzzy light after next change what fuzzy.
fuzzy comes from magnetic engine and tranmission parts wearing. It those are wearing so are other parts.
No fuzzy means???
Your bike your call I ran dino in my other bikes and changed oil often.
My newer bikes run hotter and produce more power, changing bikes need Oils and lube that can keep up.
Do the test for your self. SNY3 does not count as a SNY oil IMO and does not belong in a transmission.
Change the oil to a true sny check the fuzzy.

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