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Re: Castor/synthetic
Posted by 'SimonS' on 05 Nov 2008 @ 22:40

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Try

http://www.foxvalleykart.com/oil1.html

for a pretty good summation of the arguments.

It used to be that when running an aircooled close to the edge, the extra film strength of castor was a safety factor.

But a modern TKM isn't that highly stressed any more, and you may not take the engine apart quite as often as you might, so you can use a semi-synthetic to advantage.

On the other hand you still have a cast iron barrel and a castor based oil is still best for running in cast barrels. (Castrol suggest that their semi-synthetic can be used for running in, just up the ratio a bit)

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