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  1. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    yup - it's the % of oil over or under nominal fill you got to worry about. An extra 1/2 quart to a Harley motor sump pukes oil or burns up the air-cooled motor. (Harley's have 5 quart sumps, btw, large for only a 2 jug engine) But a regular 8 cylinder truck engine with 7 quart sump? ppfffttt
  2. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    No worries - Ford CEO fixing his error by moving plants to Mexico and blaming on UAW contract. It's all good.
  3. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    And the Hellcat motor in cars. They just no-brained the truck motor without a thought. 5W-30 is the bomb for truck motors. 0W-30 in nordic winters, 5W-40 for desert summers and/or heavy tow hauling.
  4. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    Watch the oil fountain out the breather.
  5. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    FWIW, it's what I remember from long ago Mobil days as well. Then again, I can't tell the difference between a quart and a gallon anymore.
  6. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    And so, 6 ounces out of 7 QUARTS (ahem) is 2.7% down. i.e., sump is 97.3% full. Close enough.
  7. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    Sorry, long morning
  8. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    Fine as is. 6 ounces low is 0.67% low from a full 7 gallons. Should put things in perspective.
  9. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    Boy, the great recession really cleaned out businesses.
  10. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    So what is it now without Harley participation?
  11. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    Weird. If Harley owned a minority share of 49%, how could they have decided to stop producing?
  12. HEMIMANN

    Oil Filter Thread

    I gritted my teeth and visited Bob's to see what the goofs were saying about Fram Endurance Oil Filters as a replacement for the degraded Ultra XG's. After reading a bunch of pages, my take was the consensus was generally this is a good replacement that simulates the original Ultra XG, with...
  13. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    Wait, what? Didn't Harley own Buell and discontinue?
  14. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    Don't pick on him. He runs a 6.4L, so he's tight with me.
  15. HEMIMANN

    Oil Filter Thread

    Sorry, thought you guys could get Endurance @ Wally's.
  16. HEMIMANN

    Oil Filter Thread

    You're spot-on, IMO. The issue is the flow down back to sump can be slower if using a viscous oil, but that's independent of the filter, and a different discussion. In theory, positive displacement pumps would mean filter flow restriction makes no difference - but perhaps there is a difference...
  17. HEMIMANN

    Oil Filter Thread

    So, I watched the oil test video and noted that ZeeOSix from BITOG (a highly respected member, unlike many) consulted on the test rig, which makes me think the test was pretty good. What I wanted to know is if Purolator, now owned by Mann-Hummel, fixed their design so the media no longer tears...
  18. HEMIMANN

    Oil Filter Thread

    Anybody gonna go back to Purolator?
  19. HEMIMANN

    Oil Filter Thread

    I don't know! lol At what point do we conclude the Hemi is such an oil-starved drama queen (except for those that put in the high flow oil pump(s)) that we just say screw the filtration and put in an open can? I mean, seriously.
  20. HEMIMANN

    Rear Differential Oil

    Except for Mobil Delvac 1 Gear Oil (I confirmed with Mobil) and Red Line NLS Gear Oil. The exception is to reduce cost of the additive, I'm sure some decided the little amount of additive used cost more to not carry for those axles without LS - i.e., more axles are using LS these days. That...
  21. HEMIMANN

    Oil Filter Thread

    Great....another test I gotta catch up to. I'm all for improvement, but too often this is all just corporate buyout and cost reductions....which are usually performance reductions, too. Thanks, @ramffml I think. If this latest tester is a reasonable representation, the only thing not new...
  22. HEMIMANN

    Transmission pan and fluid change questions

    We've been using LubeLocker Gaskets on the RFE Chrysler Pans with great results (no leaks). Don't know if they make gaskets for the ZF 8 speed transmissions.
  23. HEMIMANN

    Blackstone - used oil analysis

    Well, until and unless Conoco-Phillips messes with a good thing, it remains Red Line 5W-30 / 5,000 mile OCI for me. Ever more evidence. Hoping for a few HPL UOA's here.
  24. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    Yes
  25. HEMIMANN

    Synthetic Oil

    10W-30 has less VII additive to shear down into deposits, but less cold start pumpability.

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