86 951 Driver

http://classic.valvoline.com/qrz591d...?rc=1AFFB8A55B

I signed up for it. Not sure if I will use it or not. I have been runing semi syn and it leaks about 3 drips a night. Not sure if this stuff would make it leak more being full syn.

I just thought I would post it here. Not a bad deal.

mazdaverx7

thats a really good deal! heck, even if you don't use it right away, you can use it in a pinch if you need to!

944hal

Thanks. I use it exclusively in my 951 track car and was going to buy a case anyway. Curious to see how much spam this will generate. Oh well, $50 bucks is $50 bucks.

bonus12

Nice post!

sydneyman

Thanks, just printed my 50 bucks! i use VR-1 religiously so this was a no brainer!

86 951 Driver

I used VR1 last summer conventional oil. I would like to try the full syn, but I'm worried my engine start to leak more than it does.

hacker-pschorr

You have every reason to be worried, a friend of mine tried a full synthetic in his vintage Ducati and this is his experience posted on the motorcycle forum:

Beware of synthetic oil, it can do terrible things to you and your beloved vehicle. It will not only leak out of your engine faster than you can put it in, but it will also cause your oil filter to clog and implode, dumping debris and dirt into your lubrication system. It also will make every part of your bike permanently slippery because of its linear molecular chain dispersion action. Then it will leak onto your kickstand causing it to retract automatically, dropping your bike on the ground! But that's not all...

Synthetic oil will round off your gears and spin your bearings. It will also splatter onto your seat causing your girlfriend to fall off in the apex of a turn and she'll never ride with you again. Synthetic oil coats your sight window and your timing window with a whitish pro-emulsification additive that is both non-removable and highly corrosive. Synthetic oil will completely leak onto the ground overnight and your dog will drink it and die.

Synthetic oil will wear out your tires and make your battery leak. It will give you the desperate need to urinate after you put your full leathers on and then jam your zippers shut. It will contaminate your gasoline causing your bike to stall on railroad tracks and accelerate uncontrollably near police cars. It will make it rain during rallies and on weekends. It will lubricate your timing belts causing them to jump teeth and break your valves to bits. Synthetic oil chemically weakens desmodromic valves and causes the clearances to change every six miles. Then it melts the black soles of your riding boots right before you walk across your new carpeting.

While riding past groups of attractive women it will cause both of your handlebar grips to slip off at the same time so you smash your windscreen with the bridge of your nose. It also causes your swingarm to crack, your studs to break, and your rotors to warp, and then it voids your warranty by changing your odometer reading to 55,555. It also dries out your wetclutch and wets your dryclutch. It makes your clutch slave cylinder seal fail in the heaviest traffic on the hottest day of the year while putting an angry wasp in your helmet for good measure.

Synthetic oil hides your 13mm socket and puts superglue on your earplugs. Synthetic oil will scratch your faceshield and make your gloves shrink two sizes night before trackday. Synthetic oil stole your neutral and sold it to the Chinese for $1.25. Synthetic oil will make you grow a tail. Synthetic oil will write long crazy e-mails to your Internet friends and then sign your name at the bottom

86 951 Driver

Thats what happens when you ride a 4 stroke.

But I know synthetic oil doesn't create leaks, but it can start to make your car leak more because if there is a leak there it will start to leak more just because it is thinner and more slippery.

Fintro11

it is not thinner ... viscosity is viscosity. However some of the older seals are npt compatible with synthetic oil so you have to make sure it's compatible.

usually its just better to keep to the same oil you have been using mixing oil's and oil brands can create trouble >.<

bonus12

that's a really good point. but how well does viscosity correlate with how quickly it can drip out of the leak? maybe it's true you want to consider their cohesive properties.

944Ross

FYI -- O'Reilly's apparently has VR-1 on sale for $17 a case (which is 6 quarts, not 12), have not verified personally. Every forum on the 'net has the coupons posted so get it while you can!

333pg333

"Viscosity is viscosity"....or is it....

bonus12

does this need a bump?

hp18racer

Thanks for the bump, I missed it yesterday! The chump car needs about 12 quarts per race (down from 5 gallons in its first race), the free case helps :O

Lemming

Cool, will give it a try!