Embarrassingly, after years of motorcycling under my belt a simple question has me stumped. What oil to use for an air cooled xr motor? a simple search has not revealed anything. Cheers
Hardcore Biker
Embarrassingly, after years of motorcycling under my belt a simple question has me stumped. What oil to use for an air cooled xr motor? a simple search has not revealed anything. Cheers
stormrider
motul 5100 is a good all round oil. Was recommended by my local Honda shop.
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Nana on a Hotrod
castrol 4t active
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Armature speller
What year XR?
I use Total mineral oil in my 250.
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Yus. Tis what I'm using for the TTR.castrol 4t active
Forum whore
+1 on the Motul 5100
Plus check the oil filler cap - Honda often stamp the oil weight on it - 10w40 etc.
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Anything, as long as it's manufacturers recommended spec.
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Hardcore Biker
1997 xr 250, 280cc piston, stage 1 cam
would love to know manufacturers recommendation if you can help?
Hardcore Biker
good tip, will have a look now!
Nana on a Hotrod
castrol 4t active only $40
'Good things come to those who wait'
Bollocks, get of your arse and go get it
Forum whore
I played round with different oil on my xl600, which is basically the same motor as your xr, what I found was:
10w40. Clutch slipped when hot
15w40 Clutch slipped when cold and hot
10w30 Perfect. Clutch didn't slip.
10w30 is Honda spec from memory.
These were all pennzoil mineral car oils. I couldn't find a 10w30 bike specific oil anywhere, I tried activ 4t (15w40) and the clutch slipped too.
Last edited by Woodman; 31st May 2010 at 21:15. Reason: confusing
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Nana on a Hotrod
thats why your clutch was slipping
you will find in the manual the visc range for the tempertures used
'Good things come to those who wait'
Bollocks, get of your arse and go get it
Growing Old Disgracefully
10w-40 or 15w-40 oil would be fine to use.As Dino has said, Castrol Active 4t is a good oil at a good price for 4 litres.
10-30 would be to thin at normal summer temperatures and possibly promote higher oil consumption.
A high quality synthetic oil like Motul is overkill for an air cooled XR engine, and often older engines will burn more oil when run on synthetics.
I would use a good quality mineral oil ( like active 4T ) and being cheaper you can afford to change it more often.
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My 650R was consuming oil on Mobil1 4T, I've gone to Castrol Active 4t and are running it for 1K between changes, all good now.
Its harder to lose weight than gain horsepower.
Double shot!!
Sorry, I assumed you were looking for advice over and above the manuf spec.
I don't know, but I'd try a 10W30 or a 10W40 4T motorcycle oil. I would not be using a 15W40.
Too thick a oil is much worse than too thin.
Steve
"I am a licenced motorcycle instructor, I agree with dangerousbastard, no point in repeating what he said."
"read what Steve says. He's right."
"What Steve said pretty much summed it up."
"I did axactly as you said and it worked...!!"
"Wow, Great advise there DB."
WTB: Hyosung bikes or going or not.
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