Mobil1 LS 75w90

hdp · Post by **hdp** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:52 am

Hi guys,

Has anybody used the new Mobil1 LS 75w90 GBox oil? i am finding it hard to find SHC here in SA. It is GL5 rated and fully synthetic...

check it out:

http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lubes/ ... 75W-90.asp

Cheers

madman · Post by **madman** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:56 am

I use 75/90 on both our bikes but it is not made by Mobil. If the wife notices the difference on her bike then it was worth doing, and she thought that it was much better.

Cobbster · Post by **Cobbster** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:31 am

Hi hdp.
I use Mobil 1 SHC 75W-90 fully synth in my gear box and bevel box. It made a big difference to smoother gear changes though it does take a couple of hundred miles for the box to get used to it

Well worth changing it.

Cheers cobbster.

PS how's the cam chain tensioner change coming along?

hdp · Post by **hdp** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:47 am

Thanks MadMan!

Cobbster wrote:Hi hdp.
PS how's the cam chain tensioner change coming along?

Sorry forgot to report back, did the mod on Monday... SHEESH what a difference

all you her now are the valves when she starts up and while riding (going to do my Valve gaps this weekend, so she will be even quieter then

) . Worth every penny, thanks for the tip cobbster

Seriously if there are guys on here who have not done the mod i can strongly recommend it!

I really hope i can find the 75w90, everywhere i phone its sold out

. And i really dont want to use the Castrol EPX 90 (that the bmw dealer recommends) but there is plenty of that around...

winger · Post by **winger** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:12 pm

The downside of Mobil 1 is getting it,i've used it for some years now,and on the occasion i couldn't get it, used something else and it was crap,keeping hunting for it.

hdp · Post by **hdp** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:40 am

I hear what you are saying winger, i will do my best to find... 'The one'

Dog Tyred · Post by **Dog Tyred** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:12 am

Just changed my original gearbox oil (5 year old bike

) for the Mobil One snake oil but haven't ridden it yet. First ride will be a run down to Dover and on to Germany so will be interested to see how goes.

I'll let you know if there is a difference next week.

Chris, if you manage to find any more could you get me litre as I also want to change the rear diff oil but haven't got quite enough left

Greg

hdp · Post by **hdp** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:23 am

Nice let us know how it goes!

A guy here at work is a big Subaru fan and the guys on their forum all use Royal Purple in their cars, it is a fully synthetic GL5 75w90 oil:

What you guys think:

http://www.royalpurple.com/prodsa/mgeara.html

hdp · Post by **hdp** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:03 am

SCHWEET! i managed to track down a dealer who stocks Mobilube1 SHC 75w90, ordered 4x1L

Cobbster · Post by **Cobbster** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:15 am

Hi hdp,
You will notice a difference to your gear box but not straight away. Its strange but it does take a couple of hundred miles before things bed in.

Cheers, cobbster

hdp · Post by **hdp** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:24 am

Cobbster wrote:Hi hdp,
You will notice a difference to your gear box but not straight away. Its strange but it does take a couple of hundred miles before things bed in.

Cheers, cobbster

Cool, I can't wait to feel the difference