View Poll Results: diesel oil change in jk
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Diesel oil in your jk
05-14-2008, 06:10 PM
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Diesel oil in your jk
A friend of mine has a honda goldwing. He told me by putting rotalla diesel oil. I don't know what weight. I assume 20w50. He claims his shifts are alot smoother. He changed the oil in the pan not the tranny fluid. Anyone heard of this being done? Would something like this work in the jk? Now i gotta tell ya when he 1st told me about this diesel oil swap. My internal bullshit meter registered about a 9 on a scale of 10. I am not going to do this on my jk. I just wanted to know if it could be done in theory.
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05-14-2008, 06:22 PM
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The oil in your crankcase has nothing to do with your shifpoints or how your tranny shifts. However there is nothing wrong with running a diesel grade oil as long as it is the correct weight.
05-14-2008, 06:49 PM
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05-14-2008, 07:53 PM
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A motorcycle is a completely different system.
The oil in the crank-case is shared in the gearbox (they are one in the same) and unless it is a dry clutch setup, the friction plates (the clutch) are bathed in the same oil (wet clutch).
So different oils will affect the way a motorcycle shifts and how the clutch engages.
Passenger vehicles do not use this type of system.
The oil in the crank-case is shared in the gearbox (they are one in the same) and unless it is a dry clutch setup, the friction plates (the clutch) are bathed in the same oil (wet clutch).
So different oils will affect the way a motorcycle shifts and how the clutch engages.
Passenger vehicles do not use this type of system.
05-14-2008, 07:54 PM
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Putting 20w50 Rotella Diesel oil in your JK is a really bad idea. That stuff is cheap junk and full of paraffin wax and other garbage you don't want plugging up the galleries in your motor. Use a synthetic oil like Mobil 1 or Castrol in 5w20. Can't believe anyone would even consider this let alone create a poll about it...
05-15-2008, 01:47 PM
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A motorcycle is a completely different system.
The oil in the crank-case is shared in the gearbox (they are one in the same) and unless it is a dry clutch setup, the friction plates (the clutch) are bathed in the same oil (wet clutch).
So different oils will affect the way a motorcycle shifts and how the clutch engages.
Passenger vehicles do not use this type of system.
The oil in the crank-case is shared in the gearbox (they are one in the same) and unless it is a dry clutch setup, the friction plates (the clutch) are bathed in the same oil (wet clutch).
So different oils will affect the way a motorcycle shifts and how the clutch engages.
Passenger vehicles do not use this type of system.
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05-15-2008, 02:01 PM
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Wow, didn't know that about motorcycles either... I learned something today 
BTW, generally diesel oil's have much more advanced add packs than regular "gas" oil's do.
To learn more than you really want to know about oil you can visit www.bobistheoilguy.com and spend the next 2 months reading.
BTW, generally diesel oil's have much more advanced add packs than regular "gas" oil's do.
To learn more than you really want to know about oil you can visit www.bobistheoilguy.com and spend the next 2 months reading.
05-15-2008, 03:11 PM
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05-15-2008, 04:12 PM
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