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Message started by Steddy58 on 01/01/14 at 09:18:06

Title: oil
Post by Steddy58 on 01/01/14 at 09:18:06

I have, at great expense, lashed out on some redline m/cycle oil, approx 2litres ( 2 quarts USA ) if I do a full oil change inc. filter would it be ok to top up with another motorcycle oil,cheers

Title: Re: oil
Post by sesamestreet on 01/01/14 at 09:36:05

Well if you drain the old oil you're not exactly "topping up" just refilling. so yes you can use any oil.

Title: Re: oil
Post by SSG on 01/01/14 at 10:01:55

If you use the two liters (which is what clymer calls for) and feel you need to add more. I personally would not top off with a different oil. I would try to acquire more of that oil you plan to use.

Title: Re: oil
Post by nickeynicknick on 01/01/14 at 10:14:52

I'm with SSG on this one. Even though there are remnants of the previous oil already in there, I would use the same type of new oil for as much consistency as possible. At least, thats how I prefer to do it in my car and bike.

Title: Re: oil
Post by Steddy58 on 01/01/14 at 10:18:04

OK thanks will probably lay out for more Redline then

Title: Re: oil
Post by Boofer on 01/01/14 at 23:20:51

Steddy, Discussing oil usually brings out several opinions on here. Many of us use Rotella natural dinosaur oil in 15w40 with excellent results. Others use synthetics. Rotella here in the US is 1/3 to 1/2 the price of oils like Red Line. We have very few oil related failures on the 650. Just keep your idle speed fast enough to keep everything lubed. :)

Title: Re: oil
Post by Steddy58 on 01/02/14 at 02:20:10

Cheers Boofer, I did think twice before posting a query about oil :) I suppose the answer is any oil is better than no oil :)

Title: Re: oil
Post by Gyrobob on 01/02/14 at 08:45:00

rotella is so inexpensive at walmart, I'd just dump it all out and start over

Title: Re: oil
Post by Dave on 01/02/14 at 10:00:41

4C7279646964690B0 wrote:

rotella is so inexpensive at walmart, I'd just dump it all out and start over

Not sure that Walmart has made it to the UK yet....what works so well for us may not work so well for our member in the UK, or Russia, or New Zealand.

The UK should have some very good (and affordable) oils. They have been racing small cars and motorycles for years. The important thing for the Savage is that you use and oil that has a minimum of 1,200 ppm of ZDDP.

Title: Re: oil
Post by keith pearson on 01/02/14 at 13:51:16

The nearest we have is ASDA which is owned by Walmart. I heard that their own oils were actually well known brands - for instance, their multigrade mineral oil was actually Duckhams, but cheaper. But I have started using Mobil 1n racing for all my bikes. it's dear but you can get good offers on line. As our bikes use so little oil (compared to a recent car of mine which used over 12 liters) I think its worth the extra money.

Title: Re: oil
Post by gizzo on 01/02/14 at 14:45:00

I saw an ad for Penrite in a Brit bike mag recently. They make a few bike oils with zinc if that's any use to you.