I know a lot of you guys run a synthetic oil in your ATV engines and had a few questions.
1. Is your engine more noisy with the synthetic than it was before you used synthetic.
2. Do you notice if the engine uses more oil when using a synthetic oil?
3. Have you had any leaks develop since using a synthetic?
I’m thinking of switching to a synthetic oil to see if it will help my transmission shift a little more smoothly than it does. I have no experience with using a synthetic in an ATV.
Back in the day when my ex-wife and I bought two new vehicles(1998 Chevy K1500 truck with the 5.7L and 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix with the 3800) I switched both of these vehicles over to Mobil 1 synthetic at a low mileage. My experience was that both of the engines were more noisy and used more oil running the synthetic. After a few years, I switched back to a conventional oil and both engines were quiet and the oil consumption was next to nothing. I also had been having oil analysis done on the oil on both vehicles and the wear numbers for some of the elements were higher than normal. When I switched back to a conventional oil, these elements went back to normal.
I realize that this was back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and oil has gotten better since then and we are talking about an automobile engine versus an ATV engine but it’s still a concern of mine.
So I just want to hear some other opinions on the three points I asked about above. The guy at the parts counter of the local Honda dealer was telling me I would experience the first two of those things I mentioned due to the synthetic being a lot thinner.
I know a lot of you guys run a synthetic oil in your ATV engines and had a few questions.
1. Is your engine more noisy with the synthetic than it was before you used synthetic.
2. Do you notice if the engine uses more oil when using a synthetic oil?
3. Have you had any leaks develop since using a synthetic?
I’m thinking of switching to a synthetic oil to see if it will help my transmission shift a little more smoothly than it does. I have no experience with using a synthetic in an ATV.
Back in the day when my ex-wife and I bought two new vehicles(1998 Chevy K1500 truck with the 5.7L and 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix with the 3800) I switched both of these vehicles over to Mobil 1 synthetic at a low mileage. My experience was that both of the engines were more noisy and used more oil running the synthetic. After a few years, I switched back to a conventional oil and both engines were quiet and the oil consumption was next to nothing. I also had been having oil analysis done on the oil on both vehicles and the wear numbers for some of the elements were higher than normal. When I switched back to a conventional oil, these elements went back to normal.
I realize that this was back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and oil has gotten better since then and we are talking about an automobile engine versus an ATV engine but it’s still a concern of mine.
So I just want to hear some other opinions on the three points I asked about above. The guy at the parts counter of the local Honda dealer was telling me I would experience the first two of those things I mentioned due to the synthetic being a lot thinner.
