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Ron_r1959 · 07-30-2024, 05:49 AM

Any thoughts on running a synthetic blend oil in a flathead motor? i I put it in my stroker motor with a high volume oil pump when I built it and it seems to run good oil pressure . i did this because I have become a believer in its ability to lubricate in high heat situations. I bought a Goldwing motorcycle many years ago that would kick itself out of 5 gear every now and then after the oil got about 800 miles on a change. the bike only had about 2000 miles on it when this started. A friend told me to try changing it over to a synthetic oil over a few changes of a blend to allow the clutch to get used to it. It worked by the time I got three changes done to it, the problem went away. Honda tore down several of the bikes fixing a clearance issue the had with them. The bike has 60,000 on it now and has not done it in years. I have seen it used in gear boxes as well that had high failure rates and it solved a lot of issues there as well. So I am trying it in my flathead, any thoughts?? I am also wanting to put a filter system on it as well and would like to know more about what I need to do to do that?

07-30-2024, 05:49 AM	#1
Ron_r1959 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 103	semi synthetic oil in a flathead Any thoughts on running a synthetic blend oil in a flathead motor? i I put it in my stroker motor with a high volume oil pump when I built it and it seems to run good oil pressure . i did this because I have become a believer in its ability to lubricate in high heat situations. I bought a Goldwing motorcycle many years ago that would kick itself out of 5 gear every now and then after the oil got about 800 miles on a change. the bike only had about 2000 miles on it when this started. A friend told me to try changing it over to a synthetic oil over a few changes of a blend to allow the clutch to get used to it. It worked by the time I got three changes done to it, the problem went away. Honda tore down several of the bikes fixing a clearance issue the had with them. The bike has 60,000 on it now and has not done it in years. I have seen it used in gear boxes as well that had high failure rates and it solved a lot of issues there as well. So I am trying it in my flathead, any thoughts?? I am also wanting to put a filter system on it as well and would like to know more about what I need to do to do that?