Engine oil help?

[HornetBoy]

A little tip - If you look along the the menu bar near the top of your screen, toward the RHS, you will see something that says Search.

If you click on this you can enter various search terms and find out if this topic has been covered before.

riiite very helpful ... hmmm i thought search was for signing in ...

[Pwalo]

Yea ok thought so just thought id get some info from some kiwi's not these crazy americans on the katana website im using Q8 semi synthetic at the moment so yea which is from the local suzuki outlet

I'm using Q8 semi. Works well in the SV.

[HornetBoy]

I'm using Q8 semi. Works well in the SV.

nice good to hear ,when the suzuki dealer gave it to me id never heard of the brand so was a bit weary of it ,in your opinion would it be worth going up to fully synthetic or not ?

[HornetBoy]

They are in fact the same thing. Synthetics have just been further refined to remove more of the unwanted bits and add different bits. They generally don't perform much better but they last longer in hot applications.

http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html

One of the better explanations I've seen.

thanks for that mate contains all that i wanted to know and more .cheers

[The Stranger:Me]

hmmm i thought search was for signing in ...

Damn, you really are thick.

[xwhatsit]

The short answer is, you can stick any engine oil you want in your bike, as long as it's in the recommmmmended viscosity range for your bike.

I heard a cheeky rumour that older bikes have rubber seals and bits inside the engine that don't like synthetic oils. Could be complete horseshit though, but sounds plausible. Old bikes and mineral oil just seem to be related somehow.

'Course that's off-topic, as the Teapot is quite a modern motorsickle.

[Pwalo]

nice good to hear ,when the suzuki dealer gave it to me id never heard of the brand so was a bit weary of it ,in your opinion would it be worth going up to fully synthetic or not ?

IMHO no. I think it's far more important to do regular oil & filter changes. Best thing you can do for your bike.

[HornetBoy]

Damn, you really are thick.

Why did u even bother talking mate...?

[The Stranger:Me]

Why did u even bother talking mate...?

Got to admit, sometimes I ask myself the same question, then I remember that some people are just slow learners and need a lot of patience and encouragement to learn how to use a web site.

Stay with it, you'll get the hang of it in the end.

[HornetBoy]

Got to admit, sometimes I ask myself the same question, then I remember that some people are just slow learners and need a lot of patience and encouragement to learn how to use a web site.

Stay with it, you'll get the hang of it in the end.

Yes, and as normal in a community there are the usual people who like to shitstir aye,and im guessing your one of them ...so ill put ya right ,this thread was made for advice on engine oil not for help about the website

[The Stranger:Me]

Yes, and as normal in a community there are the usual people who like to shitstir aye

Wot? Me?

[HornetBoy]

Wot? Me?

ahwell ,did ya have any advice on the topic ?

[Dak]

How many km's on the bike? Don't go to a fully synthetic untill it's well and truely run-in. Myself, unless it's a high revving thing, I wouldn't bother use full synth, I use semi-synth in my bike, Castrol GPS.

Cheers, Jeff.

[HornetBoy]

How many km's on the bike? Don't go to a fully synthetic untill it's well and truely run-in. Myself, unless it's a high revving thing, I wouldn't bother use full synth, I use semi-synth in my bike, Castrol GPS.

Cheers, Jeff.

Yea The katana has done 20,000km and is a 2004 ,And as far as i know its only been run on mineral oil so yea ive brought some Q8 semi synthetic and put that in WOW what a difference in the smoothness of using the clutch

Havent seen you around on your cb do you ride through central wanganui much ? bloody nice colour by the way

[Pixie]

Just make a choice and stick with it, dont combine the 2. They both have merits. I am a mineral oil gal, call me oldfashioned

This advice only applies to the case where one might change from a mineral oil to a specific type of synthetic oil in a older engine that has run mineral oil for a long time.

Synthetic oils that are PAO based can cause deposits that have accumulated in an engine run on mineral oil for a long time,to loosen and potentially block oil passages.

PAO based synthetics are increasingly uncommon.

Switching between synthetic and mineral oils,or even mixing the two in a new engine will not cause any problems at all.It will keep the internals nice and clean.