Where to get 20w-40 oil?

[Groo]

And the orignal poster's plea to stay on topic goes unheeded..... :bye2:
Resisting urge to move this dog turd of a thread to Siberia.....

Sorry Iggy, that post just pushed a button of mine...

 

[twowheelnut]

Hey, we answered his question, so now we can goof off. What the...?! Oh man! Anyone have a paper towel???

 

[fjrchooser]

Dress it up any way you want- it's still a no-holds-barred oil thread.

 

[Bearly Flying]

Just one simple request to find where to get this stuff and it all goes STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!

Hey Your dealing with Experts here... We can hijack a thread in the blink of a gnats ***.

Sorry Iggy

 

[jjsC6]

The other price is for those customer who work on their own bikes to cheat the dealer out of making a few extra bucks. For these fine fellows, the dealer goes strictly by the service manuel which if for example says it should takes 2 hours to replace the tiresl, and it only tooks em 30 minutes, you get charged whole 2 hours..

Well **** them very much too... ! :****: The next time a dealer tells me I'm cheating him of anything by doing my own maintenance, he can go to hell via the most direct route possible. :******: Other than a select few, I am less than impressed with most dealerships service, whether I get a 3 finger discount or not.

Once again, you and I are on the same wave-length. My comment was going to be that if a dealer wants my business in the future, he should not be treating me like he'll never get it. It will definitely become a self-fulfilling proficy on his part.

 

[radman]

Make your own. 8 ounces of STP oil treatment to 1 gallon of Shell Rotella 5W-40W is the most popular recipe I heard.
Twn, you just gotta know that Rad is working on that horn oil answer for ya, right ?

https://hornoil.com/

Would have been here sooner, but actually had to do some work for a change......

 

[jjsC6]

Just one simple request to find where to get this stuff and it all goes STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!

Hey Your dealing with Experts here... We can hijack a thread in the blink of a gnats ***.

Sorry Iggy

Oh crap, sorry about my last post (just above). I forgot that the "no hi-jacking" filter had been turned on for this thread. There is only one way to fix it. We have to do anti hi-jacking posts to reverse the process.

Heres the deal. We will all change our oil at the same time. I'll change with Groo.......

 

[tmassey]

Boy, areyou guys cheap

 

[radman]

Boy, areyou guys cheap

I am willingto spend as much as necessary for space bar repairs, however.

 

[Windjammer]

Boy, areyou guys cheap

Nope. Buy my 15-40 synthetic oil at the local auto store or Wal-Mart, and don't even look at the price. But I won't darken a dealer's door, except to buy the bike. Been screwed once too many times with very poor quality service. So once they hand me the keys, they usually don't see me for several years.

FWIW, I don't miss going to see them.

 

[jestal]

Buy 15W40 Rotella/Delvac/Delo most anywhere and pretend it is 20W40.

 

[Geezer]

This is definately an oil thread. Send it off before it gets worse. We can still have fun with it after it gets moved.

 

[MikeYork5]

Go ahead - MOVE IT - I dare ya!

 

[Warchild]

This pointless thread has been moved to its proper forum.

 

[panthercity]

I'll try to make this so clear even you guys who are tighter than ****'s hatband might understand.....The dealers have two prices for their clients. One price is for those who have all thier service work done there which includes lower labor cost not to mention some freebies thrown in (checking plugs, cables, etc). The other price is for those customer who work on their own bikes to cheat the dealer out of making a few extra bucks.

Bubba, I'd really like to hear how I "cheat" the dealer out of those extra bucks by doing something I've enjoyed for almost 40 years, doign my own service work. Can you explain that?

Years ago we had a sign behind the service writer's desk, "We screw the other guy and pass the savings on to you!" Is this the kind of thing you're talking about?

 

[Toecutter]

Buy 15W40 Rotella/Delvac/Delo most anywhere and pretend it is 20W40.

Now that this has made it to its proper resting place, I'll chime in:
+1 on Jestal's take and I add 8 oz. of GM EOS which pumps up the viscosity a bit.

 

[jestal]

Buy 15W40 Rotella/Delvac/Delo most anywhere and pretend it is 20W40.

Now that this has made it to its proper resting place, I'll chime in:
+1 on Jestal's take and I add 8 oz. of GM EOS which pumps up the viscosity a bit.

Just for the record the GM EOS would pump up the ZDP concentration rather than increase the viscosity. It might make it slightly more viscous but the high ZDP concentration in EOS is the desireable feature. The diesel Rotella/Delvac/Delo oils have plenty of ZDP in them, by the way. No need at all for the EOS addition if you are using those products.

 

[rwenck]

Let's see . . . Since 1981 I've had an Exciter 250, two XV 920's, a Seca 600, an SRX 650, an FJ 1100, a Bandit 1200, a 2004 FJR 1300 and a 2006 FJR 1300. The only oil I've ever used has been Castrol 10W40 or 20W50--available everywhere. The dealers tell me that I'll ruin my bike. Not so. I've never had a problem, and I've ridder some of these bikes well over 100,000 miles. So far the FJR's work quite well with any good brand of final gear oil--never mind the Yamaha $28 per gallon stuff. Either I'm right or just very lucky for the last 25 years.

OOPS:

Let's see . . . Since 1981 I've had an Exciter 250, two XV 920's, a Seca 600, an SRX 650, an FJ 1100, a Bandit 1200, a 2004 FJR 1300 and a 2006 FJR 1300. The only oil I've ever used has been Castrol 10W40 or 20W50--available everywhere. The dealers tell me that I'll ruin my bike. Not so. I've never had a problem, and I've ridder some of these bikes well over 100,000 miles. So far the FJR's work quite well with any good brand of final gear oil--never mind the Yamaha $28 per QUART stuff. Either I'm right or just very lucky for the last 25 years.

 

[Rickster]

The descrption says it all. I want NO input on when, how, why, or where to change my oil. I can't find 20w-40 outside of the moto shop and that's expensive crap for the Yama lube. Funny, they phuk ya on the price... think they use their lube to make it easier?
Side question is if I can't find this stuff, is 20w-50 fine?

And yes, I searched for 20w-40 and found nothing. So sorry if this is a repost.

SAE 15W40 Shell Rotella T (Dino, not synthetic) is available at most any Walmart for abou $8.00/gallon.

20W-50 may be fine as long as it doesn't have additives that can mess up your wet clutch.

Jestal is the expert, but from what I understand, the 15W-40 or 20W-50 numbering scheme is meant to show the range equivalent of sraight weight oils (i.e. 15W-40 acts like all straight weights of oil from 15 weight to 40 weight.) If that is correct, then 15W-40 will perform the same relative to viscosity as 20W-40, and a 20W-50 will perform at least as well as 20W-40 multi-grade oils.

For prior suggestions on Delvac and Rotella -- both are available at our small Wal-mart. Look in the area for deisels.

 

[ionbeam]

Note that on, or about message #6 the original question had one possible answer provided. Most posts after that needed to be moved to the current home.