Jun 23, 2009 by joeworkman1 | Posted in Motorcycles
I ride a 1984 honda magna 700 (wet clutch) and am considering switching to synthetic oil, thought I might try shell rotella-T, which is not a motorcycle specific oil. I am mainly considering this because the engine knocks until the oil gets warmed, about
Rotella is for diesel engines. What grade of oil are you using now? A knock in the engine sounds very bad , like a big end bearing is worn and the slop only goes away when the metal has heated up and expanded. This is quite likely as you ride the bike
Firestormer | Jun 23, 2009
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