Spectro Oil

Welcome to fix my hog. I'm Bob LaRosa. I want to take a few moments and discuss oils. There seems to be with the internet and with the social media network, a wealth of information available on oils, lubricants, fluids, spectral performance oils offers a full line of lubricants of fluids of engine oils, everything from a high-quality suspension fluid for oils, brake fluids, coolants, engine oils in a number of blends including straight petroleum, semi synthetic, full synthetic spectral oil founded in 1966 by Robert Wyman. He has a vast background with two stroke engines. He actually resolved the big issue for Saab North America years ago then really set his sights on the two stroke industry in the late sixties by developing spectra's golden two stroke oil. He pretty much commandeered the market when it came to racing and running two stroke engines from there. The market itself, the whole manufacturing process, the formulating the engineering and the blending of spectral oils has been handed down to Robert Wyman's predecessors. The people that are in charge now running spectral oil have a combined 200 years of experience in the oil and fluid industry. There are a bunch of misnomers out there that you can, you cannot do certain things when one of them, which to me is the most important part of any type of engine oil is the viscosity or the weight. That's the ability of the oil to flow at low temperatures. And also to be able to protect from metal to metal contact at higher temperatures at extreme usage. The full synthetic oils offered by spectra, the platinum line are built primarily with manmade molecules under the G four technology. These technologies, these engineering advancements aren't exclusive to spectra, but the fact that spectra refuses to put product quality behind profitability leads spectra to be one of the manufacturers of the highest quality oils available. They, they meet or exceed all OEM requirements for warranty and for service, all spectral oils can be used to top off any other oil. So don't be afraid if you need a little top off on the road, spectra can always be added to any brand of oil that's in your vehicle. Another big misconception is you can't mix different weights of oil. Let's say you're running 2050. All you happen to have available is 10 W 40. By all means you can top off with 10 W 40 on your 2050. The only thing that's gonna affect the viscosity rate is the actual dilution rate. How much you top off with? Obviously, if you top off a four quart system with three quarts you greatly affect the viscosity ratio. You take the 2050 dilute it with the 1040. When it comes to the actual numbers, 20 is the number that you want the oil to be at. When it's cold. You want a thin weight oil, a 20 weight oil. The W in the 20 W 50 stands for winter. It is a winter blend. It's made to stand up to colder, to resist foaming, to resist corrosion, rust oxidation from forming in the oil itself. In the makeup. This applies whether it is full synthetic or full petroleum base. There's two basic types of oil, single grade and multi grade. The problem with single grade, it really doesn't have the ability to change its characteristics with the conditions. It's extremely cold. It really has a problem with the flow ability through the engine. If it gets extremely hot, it has a tendency not to be able to protect a street 30 weight as opposed to a 2050 multi weight. When it comes to making oil, there's three primary ingredients. There's your additives, what's known in the industry as packages. These are an additive group that used to modify the oils for a special purpose. The second component in making oil is your base stock, whether it's full synthetic manmade molecules or it's a full petroleum base, natural occurring oil. The third are viscosity improvers. Again, that can be considered an additive package, but it is indeed a stand alone component in the construction of oil. Another big misnomer is you can't change from synthetic to petroleum based oil or from petroleum to synthetic years ago. When full synthetic, we're talking manmade molecular oil was in its infancy. A lot of people stated that you could not go full synthetic to full petroleum or switch back from full petroleum to a full synthetic oil. When the oil was first introduced to the industry years back, there were some folks who stated that there were swell rate issues with rubber seals with gaskets. I can assure you throughout the years, the engineering designs and changes have rectified all these issues. There is no problem whatsoever with going from a full petroleum based oil to a full synthetic oil. Full synthetics are the wave of the future. They offer great protection whether it's in extreme cold, extreme heat, extreme hard usages, spectra oils are made to be run under hard, extreme conditions for good, long times before they break down. They offer great metal to metal contact resistance. They offer reduced friction, increased horsepower. Again, another question I get. Well, can you mix it's full synthetic with a full petroleum oil that becomes obvious when you get into spectra's Golden line. This is a semi synthetic oil. It's already done for you. It's a mix of a full petroleum based oil and the best of what's available today in manmade molecular technology. Full synthetic oils, it's premixed. Of course, you can mix petroleum and full synthetic. Again, the important thing is to pinpoint the use of the oil. Then decide on what viscosity, what grade, what weight oil best applies for your application. In my opinion, there's only one brand that's spectra oils. A quick story. One of the first engines I ever built was a 283 Chevy small block. I ran that engine 100 and 30 some odd 1000 miles strictly on straight petroleum based, 30 weight oil. Now, that kind of proves the old adage when you find something that works. Stick with it because you certainly won't wanna run a straight 30 weight engine oil in most of today's modern automobile or motorcycle or any power sports engines, full synthetics have earned their way into the field. So when you find something, stick with, it is really only half true. I found spectral oils years ago, the brand I'll stick with but don't be narrow minded and stick with an oil that may have worked for an engine 30 some odd years ago in a newly built engine that's designed and engineered for today's technologically advanced full synthetic oils spectra as a company in a whole, as a United States based a blending manufacturing, distributing company, spectra additive packages are always what's considered top of the wine. They're rated on what's called a treat scale. Like a treat, a snack. You can get additive packages on the lower end of the scale. You can get additive packages. On the high end of the scale spectra only uses top end treat packages for all their additives. That kind of explains why if you shop price on full synthetic oils, some oils are cheaper than others, but it also explains especially on an air cooled motorcycle, like a Harley Davidson engine, some oils after 1000 miles, you may feel the engine starts differently, runs differently, has noises that you typically don't hear with a high quality engine oil. When it comes to changing your oils again, it's really dictated by the conditions, not only environmental but the use conditions. Are you driving it daily? Are you driving it hard every day? Are you racing it, racing conditions. They, they warrant the highest quality oils when it comes to highest quality spectra brands, oils, lubricants and fluids by far lead the way spectra premium lubricants, fluids and oils meet or exceed all. OEM manufacturers recommendations for service and warranty.