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Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40
10/30/16 at 05:21:41

I just moved here from the BMW world (old Airheads) and am wondering what people have used or not used in their S40's.

I had been a fan of Lucas Oil products, and want to use their oil in my S40. Is it OK to use a semi-synthetic or even a full synthetic?

I now live in upstate South Carolina (moved here from Ohio - go Bucks!!) and the summer temps approach mid-90's to 100 degrees. Winters fall back down to around 25 deg. I want to ride this thing pretty much year round, so if I simply use semi-synthetic 10W-40 all the time would that be good? Or...would one go 20W-50 in hot summer, and maybe even 5W-30 in colder winter?

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Drestakil Full Member Offline innocent bystander Posts: 178 Southern Illinois Gender:	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #1 - 10/30/16 at 05:48:11 One of the 4 most common questions (see above) http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1366651397 Most on here use Shell Rotella T3 or the synthetic T6. As an added precaution you can add 1 oz of Redline ZDDP per gallon. Welcome to the forum
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Mr.T Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 55 Tega Cay, SC Gender:	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #2 - 10/30/16 at 06:45:04 I use Rotella 15-40 Dino. And I live just south of Charlotte, NC. I had several BMW Airheads, 75/5, 75/6, 75/7, 60/5, etc....Great bikes.
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Rodger Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 256	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #3 - 10/30/16 at 07:06:26 Put a lot of miles on my '84 BMW R80RT, "back in the day." Even packed the (now-ex) wife and cooking/camping gear on that "small" bike. And with over 6 gallons of gas, with multiple reserves from the 2 petcocks, it had long legs.
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Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40
Reply #4 - 10/31/16 at 02:43:11

I use Rotella T in everything I own (except the 2 stroke stuff). There really isn't any reason to use anything else. It is cheap, it has all the stuff needed to lubricate and clean properly, and it is easy to find at the local stores.

Use Rotella T (or T-6 if you feel the need to spend money on a synthetic), keep your idle speed up above 1,000, don't let the engine idle for extended periods on the side stand (it can cause were in the right side cam lobe).....and you won't have to worry about any engine oil issues.

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Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40
Reply #5 - 11/02/16 at 05:53:58

Dave wrote on 10/31/16 at 02:43:11:

I use Rotella T in everything I own (except the 2 stroke stuff). There really isn't any reason to use anything else. It is cheap, it has all the stuff needed to lubricate and clean properly, and it is easy to find at the local stores.

Use Rotella T (or T-6 if you feel the need to spend money on a synthetic), keep your idle speed up above 1,000, don't let the engine idle for extended periods on the side stand (it can cause were in the right side cam lobe).....and you won't have to worry about any engine issues.

Because that's just true..

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RaleighGuy Full Member Offline It's as easy as 3.14159265358979 Posts: 132 Raleigh, NC Gender:	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #6 - 11/02/16 at 06:57:45 Preach the word, Dave!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #7 - 11/02/16 at 07:28:22 Do Ya Need another Witness? Can I Git uh Witness?
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18096 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #8 - 11/02/16 at 08:28:36 Youzguyz and his 155,000 mile Savage motor is about as good of a witness as you could need. (60,000 miles Mobil 1, 95,000 miles Rotella T-6)
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #9 - 11/02/16 at 09:26:41 AAAAMEN, Bruthahh!!
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18096 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #10 - 11/02/16 at 09:34:27 And....after 155,000 miles the piston and cylinder still are within specs and are going back in the engine with new rings and gaskets!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #11 - 11/02/16 at 10:02:56 Ohhhh!! hal·le·lu·jah,hal·le·lu·jah.. It's a murkle I tell ya,,
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #12 - 11/02/16 at 11:34:55 Looks like an excellent endorsement to me.
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piedmontbuckeye Senior Member Offline Go Bucks! Posts: 496 Easley, SC Gender:	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #13 - 11/04/16 at 12:12:09 Thanks for all your responses. Since I have been a Lucas fan for many years now in my other vehicles, I went with their motorcycle 10-40 oil with the markings "specially designed for wet clutches" I also mixed in their synthetic oil stabilizer at their recommended 10% for wet clutch applications.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18096 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Oil questions for newbie for 2011 S40 Reply #14 - 11/04/16 at 17:33:26 Do you know what the ZDDP content is for the Lucas oil? If it isn't up around 1,200 ppm......you are risking accelerated cam and rocker wear (and replacement).
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