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Re: What oil are you using in the Savage?
Reply #15 - 12/27/05 at 12:57:07

AussieSavage wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:

Hi torque ,

all I can say mate is if your a senior member here, grow up a bit.

Your time would be better spent contributing something useful to this site, if that is possible Roll Eyes

Cheers Gary

what the hell is wrong with u? i'm trying to be helpful telling that if u look back a few pages u'll find more answers so we dont have to type it all again,and again,and again.

well i guess one more time wont hurt,i did use 10w-40,now i use kawachem. read this

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SAMM Serious Thumper Offline No lay down crotch rocket for me Posts: 576 Portland Oregon Gender:	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #16 - 12/27/05 at 13:31:01 If You Two Kids Are Going To Fight...You two will have to go set in the car !!! DONT MAKE ME PULL THIS CAR OVER !!!
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #17 - 12/27/05 at 15:02:42 SAMM wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12: If You Two Kids Are Going To Fight...You two will have to go set in the car !!! DONT MAKE ME PULL THIS CAR OVER !!! sorry dad,i'll sit still and be quiet
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pgolden Ex Member	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #18 - 12/27/05 at 16:47:32 Honda GN4 10W40 for my ride.
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BS37066 Ex Member	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #19 - 12/27/05 at 17:28:56 Lou Anna's refined peanut oil. Has a higher burn temperature than the vegetable oil, and better nonstick qualities, to boot. And I can pull over and have a fried chicken tail-gater in the middle of the ride. Makes me a popular addition to most group rides.
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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #20 - 12/29/05 at 02:37:14 What is the Savage's oil capacity in liters, KLX is 1.8 l. Clive W
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Re: What oil are you using in the Savage?
Reply #21 - 12/29/05 at 09:35:01

I use 10W-40 Mobil Clean 5000 (petro-based) motor oil and EMGO oil filters.

I change both every 2K miles, which means that sometimes the oil is in there for well over a year (blasphemy!).

The bike only has 5K miles on it, but so far, no clutch slip (KOW). It seems to use about 4 oz. of oil every 1000 miles. The bike has never required a valve clearance adjustment yet.

When I fill 'er up w/ oil after an oil and filter change, I put in exactly 2 qts., which puts the level at midpoint in the window.

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Re: What oil are you using in the Savage?
Reply #22 - 12/29/05 at 14:23:48

BS37066 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:

Lou Anna's refined peanut oil. Has a higher burn temperature than the vegetable oil, and better nonstick qualities, to boot.

And I can pull over and have a fried chicken tail-gater in the middle of the ride. Makes me a popular addition to most group rides.

Grin

I just saw a thing on TV about a guy from Texas Instruments who uses Old Vegetable/Fry grease to run his Suburban instead of diesel, so he smells like French Fries as he drives along. Grin

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SAMM Serious Thumper Offline No lay down crotch rocket for me Posts: 576 Portland Oregon Gender:	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #23 - 12/29/05 at 15:11:24 Dont laugh some are playing with it here in oregon too....I have smelled it and it does have a weird oder !!
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Mr 650 Serious Thumper Offline The LS650- Classic style & 4-valve engine Posts: 1389 Mempho Gender:	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #24 - 12/29/05 at 18:39:52 I find Vitalis works well, but Brylcreem will do if you can't find it torque wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12: not this again
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Mr 650 Serious Thumper Offline The LS650- Classic style & 4-valve engine Posts: 1389 Mempho Gender:	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #25 - 12/29/05 at 18:41:09 pert' near the same. klx650sm2002 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12: What is the Savage's oil capacity in liters, KLX is 1.8 l. Clive W
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MacAttack Ex Member	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #26 - 05/23/06 at 17:34:47 Mobil MX4T synlube. I got several quarts at Schuck's - they were closing them out, for $2 a quart. I'll probably still use it after. I use it in my XR650R and that's tuned a bit racier. I figure it's cheap insurance...others may figure it's a waste of money. Who knows?
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guitarsr4girls2 Ex Member	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #27 - 05/23/06 at 18:00:00 is it bad that i just use the suzuki 10-40? the shop is right next to my house and i'm too lazy to grab anything else...but if there's something that's better and cheaper out there, lemme know. I think I'm paying something like 3.90 USD a quart right now.
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911radioman Ex Member	Re: What oil are you using in the Savage? Reply #28 - 05/23/06 at 18:17:23 Just as long as it doesn't have the energy conserving starburst on the back of the bottle, then car oils work well. Energy Conserving oils will do a number on your clutch. Most 40 weights and up that I've seen don't have those. I mostly use Castrol 10W-40 in winter/fall and 20W-50 in spring/summer.
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Re: What oil are you using in the Savage?
Reply #29 - 05/23/06 at 18:28:15

Yeah, what oil should you use? Does it really matter? Sometimes it doesn't. I heard a story, maybe it was an urban legend, about two guys touring through Africa in a Citroen 2CV. It ain't much of a car. It has lawn chairs for seats and a 2 cylinder motorcycle engine, but it is easy to work on, and very durable, and that's what made these things popular.
Anyways these two guys are nearing their homeland while traversing through the Sarah desert at a good clip when they run onto a rock pile. The impact knocks their buggy sideways and on inspection, discover the engines' crankcase is cracked and the oil has disappeared into the sand. Overnight they managed to epoxy the leaky crankcase but have no oil to add. They are in a remote area and after another 24 hours they become desperate. Nothing around but sand and banana trees. It seemed the only alternative was to put bananas in the engine's crankcase and hope for the best. They forced enough bananas into the engine until it was full and took off hopping for the best. They crossed their fingers and after 200 hundred miles they reached a village where they drained the fruity elixir and replenished with real oil.
So does it matter what oil you put in your Savage? Probably not.

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