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Flatbusted
Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 08:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
05 XB12R , Checked my oil today and seems abit low.Kinda worried I have no Syn3 in the house,Was planning on Riding tomorrow
Any suggestions,Till Monday.

Thanks in Advance
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Ithaca280
Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 11:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Don't mix it, switch to something more common next oil change
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Sloppy
Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 06:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Top it off with any name brand oil that meets the APC "C" rating & viscocity specified in the manual.

I recommend Mobil1, 15-50.
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Ithaca280
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 09:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
It has been common practice not to mix motor oils for years due to different detergents, wax based, grade rating issues and so forth. In an emergency you could mix, if not, stick with same brand.
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Sloppy
Posted on Monday, July 23, 2007 - 12:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
While it is common practice not to mix different oils, as long as the oils are similar there will be no problems - as in this case, they are all motor oils. Especially when the oil container says that there are no problems with mixing with other motor oils. And they all carry the recommendations required from the manufacturer...
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Djkaplan
Posted on Monday, July 23, 2007 - 12:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
It used to be a bigger deal years ago, but I understand now that because certification has become so much more stringent, there really isn't that big a difference in competing brands of oil.

Go ahead and mix them. If oil mixing was incompatible to a point where it would harm an engine, those quick oil change places would have been sued out of existence years ago.
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