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Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:17 pm
by NTXFJR
extrememarine wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:07 am
A suggestion - Ray brought this up previously. Since this topic comes and goes over time, and to avoid having 5,000 of them, I can designate / rename this thread as "The FJRiders.com OIL thread" and it can be an ongoing oil discussion.
Thoughts?
Wayne
I'm good with that, if it'll compile the info somewhat into a category of sorts why not?
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:47 am
by Bounce
Redfish wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:25 amThere is A Reason. Either the batteries in one or more of the detectors has died or one of the detectors has failed. The life span of residential smoke detectors is about 10 years. If one fails it will start all of them beeping. I recently replaced all of them for my favorite ex-brother-in-law and mine are doing the same thing.
We had ours do that 2 years ago. Not bad for the original set installed when the house was built in 1992.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:57 am
by Pterodactyl
I replaced all our smoke detectors with the ten year battery style 9 months ago. After 6 months the one in our master bedroom began randomly beeping. We complained to First Alert and they sent us a new one. Now after 3 months the new one brgan randomly beeping. Cannot figure out why....
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:07 am
by Bounce
Too many beans?
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:05 am
by wheatonFJR
I’m confused. When did they start putting Mobil 1 in smoke detectors?
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:12 am
by RacinRay
I'm sorry but this is the funniest thing I've read in a while. Thanks Cav!
Cav47 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:26 am
I think you should berate the OP, Lock the thread, and Require the OP to cite and quote the rules they broke when they agreed to the terms of posting on this site.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:34 am
by ionbeam
wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:05 am
I’m confused. When did they start putting Mobil 1 in smoke detectors?
It's that Cav47 that put on his Redfish face and put smoke detectors in his Mobil 1 while quipping that the OP should be punished for an oil thread
Cav47 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:26 am
I think you should berate the OP, Lock the thread, and Require the OP to cite and quote the rules they broke when they agreed to the terms of posting on this site.
Why does that have such a feel of something familiar...
Mobil 1
Motorcycle oils and passenger car oils are very similar, with the exception of a couple of areas that are key to motorcycle operation. The first area concerns common sumps, or the use of motor oil, to lubricate and cool the transmission. As you know, in a passenger car the transmission is lubricated by an ATF fluid, which has frictional properties required for transmission operation. In a motorcycle, where the motor oil may lubricate the transmission, a motor oil that does not have the same level of friction modification (for fuel economy) of a typical passenger car motor oil will provide better transmission performance in terms of transmission lock-up and slippage. So motorcycle motor oil does not contain the friction modifiers of a passenger car motor oil. The second area of concern for motorcycle motor oils is that they tend to shear (break down viscosity) more quickly than a typical passenger car. Mobil 1 motorcycle oils are designed to provide exceptional protection against viscosity loss.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:23 pm
by Toter
I used Rotella T6 10w40 in my 15 and did not like the shifting. Seemed kind of notchy. I switched to Mobil 1 Racing 4T, 10w40. Immediately noticed an improvement and smoothness in the shifting. I am sold on it, regardless of cost.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:03 pm
by Blueridgerider
I started using it and it added 25 HP to the bike and increased my mileage to over 50 mpg. Shes really a screamer now now and I totally recommend it!
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:29 pm
by bigjohnsd
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008MISDII/re ... NrPXRydWU= Much less expensive and works fine in der fraulein.
Note: "The Power release Formula" will make you faster in your mind!
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:41 pm
by wheatonFJR
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:42 pm
by wheatonFJR
Well dangit, now I need that power release formula!
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:55 pm
by FJRoss
I used the Rotella T6 5W40 synthetic for something like 185,000 miles in my first '07 FJR and (so far) 60,000 miles or so in the current one. Certainly can't fault it for engine longevity but can't really speak about shifting differences - haven't really used anything else for comparison. I have seen the Mobil 1 around for a long time but I can't bring myself to paying four times what the T6 costs me - I buy the Rotella in a 5 gallon pail.
I don't think I have seen that Castrol fully synthetic MC oil around here. Maybe I'll have a closer look for it...
(I love oil threads!)
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:29 pm
by morecowbell
I've been running the non-moto Mobil 1 15W-50 for many years in three different bikes; 58000 miles on the YZF-600, 29000 miles on FJR #1, and 50000 miles so far on FJR #2. Since I live in the desert with high ambient temps, I figure the heavier oil can't hurt. They always shift smoothly and quietly, never any clutch slip. I change the oil at 4000 mi on the YZF and 5000 mi on the FJR.
The best part of M1 15W-50 is the 5 quart jug at Walmart for around $23. It's tough to beat the $4.60/qt price for synthetic oil.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:00 am
by bill lumberg
I normally use yamalube. If it’s time for an oil change and I don’t have any yamalube, I use the mobile one 4T 10w40.
NTXFJR wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 10:53 pm
I know, I know, I'm treading in dangerous waters here what with talking about oil and such, but I haven't run across this before. I know some of us have been using Rotella T6 with relative success. I went into the auto parts shop with the intent of buying a 5 qt jug of it the other day. They only had gallon jugs with no quarts. Being the cheap bastage that I am I didn't want to fork over the funds for 2 gallon jugs so figured I'd just go over to the motorcycle oil shelf and get 5 qts of conventional yet one more time. Lo and behold, they had Mobil 1 motorcycle specific oil. Has anyone tried this yet? I'm interested in any feedback you might have. Tia.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 7:37 am
by danh600
My Honda shifts smother when I use the Honda GN4. Any other oil and its a louder clank and harder shift. So I just stuck with the GN4.
When I got the FJR I just started using yamalube and never tried anything else.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 6:43 pm
by YummYam
Have used the Mobil Racing 4T in the AE for a few years now. Don’t really know about the bike but it makes me feel benign.
I’m sure I read somewhere that it couldn’t be bettered.....but I’d better get me coat.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:37 pm
by Powerman
Without technical or psychic analysis, T-6 has been very good to me.
Used to get 55 gallons of Valvoline from my dad's friend, went in anything with a spark plug.
No internal combustion engines died a fiery death.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:10 pm
by HotRodZilla
Ooh. Just ordered some. Gonna use it in my KTM.
Re: Mobil 1 ??
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:33 pm
by Pterodactyl
The power release is only relative when it is used as a purgative.
