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Originally posted by gsxr
Ooops, sorry... thought FSS was in use by '97. So you don't *have* to use synthetic but it's highly recommended. And if you are using synthetics, you cannot check the oil level a few minutes after shutdown - period. You must do it when cold. It's not that hard to do it cold! The synthetics cling to interior surfaces for hours when warm, many people have observed a half-quart difference or more between cold and warm measurments...
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Not to add fuel to the fire, but I've seen a half-quart difference between cold and warm, but in the opposite direction - i.e. it's about a half quart down the dipstick when cold, but it rises a half-quart when warm! My guess would be to use whichever level is higher, so long as neither one drops below min.
-anthony