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EVANSTURF
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Diesal Oil for 4 wheelers?
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February 23, 2005, 07:56:44 PM »
Anyone ever use diesal oil for there quad? Would it stay cooler than regular oil?
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Re: Diesal Oil for 4 wheelers?
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February 24, 2005, 02:04:53 PM »
I used Rotella 15-40 in my quads because that what I used in my trucks and RV. Diesel engine are very dirty and require a high detergent motor oil. I am not sure if using a diesel motor oil is a good ar bad thing but I buy it by the gallons.
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Re: Diesal Oil for 4 wheelers?
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February 24, 2005, 04:16:33 PM »
That what I use in my truck too, but I never ran it in my quad though :-/ Dont know
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Re: Diesal Oil for 4 wheelers?
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February 24, 2005, 07:19:32 PM »
It will work fine.
Even Harley Davidson sugjest 15w40 truck oil if "HD" oil is not availible.
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March 03, 2005, 07:03:29 PM »
Man woudln't have ever thought of that but it kinda does sound logical. Sorta.....
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Re: Diesal Oil for 4 wheelers?
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March 05, 2005, 05:35:50 PM »
On the grizzly you could probably get away with it, (no wet clutch), on other engines that have a wet clutch you are better off to use a oil that is made for that application or premature clutch failure could occur..
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I agree with TOY DOC
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Re: Diesal Oil for 4 wheelers?
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March 06, 2005, 03:45:19 PM »
You should allways use a premium pretroleum based oil in your quad engines. Oil is one of the primary coolants for the motor. Synthetic oils do not absorb or transfer heat the way petroleum based oils do causing your engine to run hotter.
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