Was wandering around the local walmart today and saw some fully synthetic v-twin specific oil. Has anyone tried it yet?

You're a Moderator , you know better than to ask these kinds of questions..... BB

(inquiring minds want to know)

I couldn't help myself, it was a weak moment....

They were pretty proud of it at 8.20 a quart....

If it's good stuff , with the 7317 filter , you're still around 35.00 bucks on a service , not too bad. BB

I run castrol in everything I own except my Roadie and my Dodge Cummins. I would love it if my local walmart carried the castrol v-twin oil.

Castrol web link;
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9021705&contentId=7040548

Not fully synthetic. Product states Synthetic BLEND.

I've seen the blended Dirk, but this stuff must be fairly new if they haven't updated their website.. It plainly stated on the bottle that it was a full syn blend, I guess they are blending more than one synthetic or blending additives into it...I just googled it and you can get it at advance for 8.99 a qt...Oil

Flashback wrote:
I've seen the blended Dirk, but this stuff must be fairly new if they haven't updated their website.. It plainly stated on the bottle that it was a full syn blend, I guess they are blending more than one synthetic or blending additives into it...I just googled it and you can get it at advance for 8.99 a qt...Oil

FYI,,If you see the word " BLEND " & Syn it's a blend of " CONVENTIOAL OIL AND SYN OIL BLENDED TOGETHER ".

Syn blend oil can better handle heat/thermal breakdown the std conven oil but still isnt as good as full syn,if fall inbetween std conven oil & full syn oil in pricing & ability to handle heat/thermal breakdown,stress which is what it was designed & marketed to do.

Thats why its more money then std conven oil but less money then full syn oil.

HEY!!!,You guys want a great deal on oil,autozone is selling all their Valvoline VR1 race seires oil for street use with proper detergent lvl more importantly a good 1400ppm dose of zddp/zinc & phos that will protect the flat tappet cam & lifters in our R* motors .

It's 50% off both the conven & fully syn ,i bought some conven 20w-50 for my 69 chevelle ss 396 bbc and it cost $2.14 qt,cant beat that,the full syn is approx $4.50 per qt.

But you it will have some friction mods in it which most oils sold today have reguardless of visc/grade ,some guys dont mind running fric mods and others do.

BTW,this is a non published sale and even the people working at autozone done know it as i found out when i bought my oil. I asked if it was on sale and they said no,not in flyer then not on sale.

I asked him to scan a bottle and it came up 50% off at $2.14 qt for coven valvoline VR1 20-50,blew his mind./LOL!!!!

It's also avail in 10-30 & single grades too but they dont always stock all grades but can order it.

FYI,your not supposed to run this oil in newer cars with cat converters becasue over time/many miles the zddp can possibly clog the cat driving emmissions error codes that turns on chk engine light & motor runs poorly due to clogged cat. Then you have a big bill to replace the cat,clean emmissions system,& clear codes,etc. It's only supposed to be run in cars/ bikes with no cat converters.

Scott

Well I didn't bring this up to debate the pros and cons...... just wondered if anyone has tried it.... Scott, do you happen to have any tech info on the castrol?