WELL....HOWDY
Hey Dave here with a question about oil, I find the price the dealers charge to do a simple
oil change is almost bordering on theft.... so for way over 30 years I have done all my own
service stuff on my ST1100, GoldWings, Harleys and such in all I have used Castrol GTX
or Amsol Synthetic oil, I decided to do the same with my 2008 GS so I picked up the filters
and such from my local dealer along with the oil they have at $14.00 + per quart is
BRP XPS Synthetic blend it does NOT say the weight of the oil just Summer Grade ????
gee that tells us nothing, it is most likely a 5/20 or 5/30 I am guessing.
So for all you service minded people out there do you see anything wrong with Castrol, Amsoil,
or any other full synthetic or blend? there are many others out there.
Many years ago I was told at SEMA and by my Amsoil dealer that the oil does not ware out just
gets dirty so I tried their test to see if they were correct, one of our service trucks a 1991 Ford
F350 1 ton with a 460 in it has NEVER had an oil change and always had Amsoil in it.
Every 3500 miles since new it has had the oil filter removed and replaced with a new filter and
1 quart of new Amsoil added the oil is always clean we have had it tested and it is up to snuff
the truck has as of today 256308.2 on the same engine it runs just fine.
We have also done this with another truck using Castrol GTX.
so all you oil guys what say you?
Should I use Castrol, Amsoil ?????
Thanks
Dave
