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Hawg

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Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« on: September 26, 2011, 09:43:15 PM »
Has anyone heard of or had a problem with synthetic oil causing an oil pump failure?  :nixweiss:
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2011, 10:16:06 PM »
no, why do you ask?
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2011, 10:25:05 PM »
No, never heard of it.

But I think I remember reading once, that a dealership tried to claim that once, before the MoCo started putting synthetic oil in the bikes. 

How would synthetic cause an oil pump to fail? 
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2011, 10:45:38 PM »
Urban dealer myth.?    :huepfenlol2:   :huepfenlol2:   Never heard anyone claim this and cannot imagine how anyone could make this claim. 
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2011, 11:11:56 PM »
If you search oil pump failures on this site.. most are attributed to excessive crank runout... nothing to do with the oil?
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2011, 11:15:03 PM »
Quote from: Hawg on September 26, 2011, 09:43:15 PM
Has anyone heard of or had a problem with synthetic oil causing an oil pump failure?  :nixweiss:


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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2011, 11:50:27 PM »
Sounds like science fiction to me.
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2011, 01:41:19 AM »
My local dealer "has stories" about synthetic....especially Amsoil. A bunch of hooey....if it comes out of the mouths of anyone at my local dealer!
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2011, 03:38:44 AM »
synthetic only did that before the MOCO started selling synthetic. now all is ok because they use
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2011, 04:58:22 AM »
Quote from: dayne66 on September 27, 2011, 01:41:19 AM
My local dealer "has stories" about synthetic....especially Amsoil. A bunch of hooey....if it comes out of the mouths of anyone at my local dealer!

I've been running Amsoil for years. I wiouldn't have Syn3 in my bike if the dealer did the oil chance no charge.
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2011, 09:35:10 AM »
Another BS dealer if they are telling you that..
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2011, 01:47:11 PM »
Quote from: Hawg on September 26, 2011, 09:43:15 PM
Has anyone heard of or had a problem with synthetic oil causing an oil pump failure?  :nixweiss:

Absolutely!  It also causes impotence, baldness, and bad breath.

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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2011, 10:21:23 PM »
A friend of a friend claims he had to replace his oil pump due to the synthetic oil bla bla bla... of coarse I said I would ask the people that would know for sure if there was anything to this fairytale, thanks for your response everyone..  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2011, 10:29:20 PM »
AimsOil in my 2003 and Syn3 in 2010 CVO-no problems
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Re: Oil pump failure due to synthetic oil
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2011, 10:56:32 PM »
Quote from: Buy early on September 26, 2011, 11:50:27 PM
Sounds like science fiction to me.

Don't you mean Science "Friction"....... I couldn't resist the pun.
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