xtrock: temperatures here on the island never go below +10ºC or over +35ºC so there's no need for 10w40
jjrider: No! everything in the engine is in top notch shape! Also, the engine was only 16000 km on it when that happened and when I drained and changed the oil it stopped happening!
You have to keep in mind this is an engine built in the early 90's, even the oil seals were not made to sustain full synthetic oil!
Keep good semi-synthetic oil in your XT and she'll thank you with some very large amount of trouble free kilometers for many many years to come!
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