Just called my dealer today to set up my 600 mile service and they told me it would be two weeks before they could fit me in
I told them the way I'm putting on miles I'll have to park it. They said no problem going over 600 miles becuase the break-in oil is synthetic:lecturef_smilie: I looked around for other dealers and there are none within 180 miles as I live in the sticks. Labor day is coming up and it sure would be nice to take the girfriend for a tour:2thumbs:.I don't have any problem performing the 600 mile service myself but I have herd that if this is not done by an authorized dealer and signed off on in your manual your warranty could be voided:yikes: The dealer told me today that they actualy send a copy of the diagnostic report to BRP!
So what do you guys and gals think I should do? Your expert opinions are much appreciated
hmmmmmm, lets see, you just spent approx 25K or more on a great bike with the dealer and they
can't fit you in. Yikes:gaah:. I would call the owner and mention you were gonna refer a friend
to his shop to buy a bike, but now with a two week delay on getting an oil change your friend is
considering another dealership. Seriously during break in period you wanna change the oil
to prevent other issues down the road. Now if your gonna sell this in two years and don't care
for about if you mess up the longevity of the machine. Then take your dealers advice. If you
sell it local, then they benefit when it is out of warranty for the next paying customer. Heck
maybe that's why they have a 2 week wait.
Oh and one more thing I was the one who incorrectly said in another post it could void
your warranty. That is false, it only came with a warning , and a statement
"should be
inspected by an authorized can-am dealer"
BuRP oil is a semi or para-synthetic and probably better during early running than a full synthetic to make sure the rings and bearings are fully happy and seated. Running a full synthetic oil can actually not allow full bedding and sealing of an engine in early operation. Using a full sythetic early in the life of an engine can actually hurt the engines efficency and sealing characteristics and prevent the certain amount of wearing in that engines should experience during their normal lifetime.
Yup that's right synthetic lubricants are that good they prevent necessary wear to make things right inside a normal engine. We all mean well by putting that best synthetic lube in an engine but it may indeed be counter productive if the timing of using it is not right. What is the right time to use it? There are many different thoughts on this subject for sure! With a race engine just a couple of pulls on the dyno may be right but race engines are built with better tolerances and wider clearances than a street engine. I have always used a 4 or 5 thousand mile figure for street engines and it has seemed to work just fine but again that is just my thought.
Now the great revelation! I don't use synthetic oils because they charge so much for them and really in a street engine the major advantage to a synthetic oil is only in the fact that it is great for engines that make short trips around a given small area and may never fully warmup. It is super to prevent the build up of contaminents and acid buildup in vehicles that have operating conditions like the above mentioned. Para-synthetics should cost less (except when you buy them from BuRP) and if you go over 9 miles the oil should get hot enough to free itself from moistures and suspend any contaminents to be filtered off. Para-synthetics represent the only way I know to get the advantages of full sythetics without the prices you have to pay for them. Now if there is a cheaper para-synthetic than BuRP's available that meats the standards they have set I don't know? If there is a full synthetic (there are many) in the same price range as OEM oil provided then after an unknown amount of miles it might be smarter to switch to the full synthetic for the same or similar price range.
Spent thirty years lubricating everything from expensive commercial and industrial equipment to sprint and Nascar engines and I have learned everything I know the HARD and EXPENSIVE way. I learned many years ago synthetic oils and lubricants are good but are only necessary when there is nothing else cheaper that will work just as good. The Old Tribologist! Bill
great info, thanks for taking the time to share.:clap:
