Satanic Mechanic ~ View topic - What kind of oil?

Author

Message

< Performance issues ~ What kind of oil?

matt1

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:11 pm

Junior member

Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Boston

I would like to know what oil to use. Synthetic or not. Also what viscosity?
I have oil coolers, so I don't know if that makes a diference. Thnaks

Satanic Mechanic

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:27 pm

Moderator

Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 309 Location: Munich, Germany

Hi Matt,

I use standard, non-synthetic oil in my stock engines. The oil change intervals are so short that synthetic oils won't be able to make a real difference over standard dino juice. Viscosity should be 10-40 or 20-50. Just stay away from lower viscosity oils like 5-40 - they are too thin and might produce oil leaks. Special motorcycle oil may be a good idea if you don't mind the additional cost.

It's a bit different in high performance engines - I use synthetic oil with them, just for the extra safety margin they may provide. But that is unnecessary in a stock or mildly hopped up motor. These bikes were designed at a time when synthetic oil was almost unheard of yet.

Oil coolers only make a diff in the amount of oil you need.

All the best

All times are GMT

View next topic View previous topic Page 1 of 1 Satanic Mechanic Forum Index ~ Performance issues

This forum is locked: you cannot post, reply to, or edit topics.

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum