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Which oil to use in Fazer 600..

  • 18-02-2010 2:51pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,999 ✭✭✭✭


    Im looking to change my oil in my fazer, its a 2003 model. I have the manual and it lists the following for replacement oil types. Im unsure which to put in or what the standard is for my bike. Can anybody recomment which?

    Engine oil
    Type
    Recommended engine oil
    SAE 10W-30
    SAE 15W-40
    SAE 20W-40
    SAE 20W-50


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    id have though 10w40 rock oil semi synth
    Multi-grade
    The temperature range the oil is exposed to in most vehicles can be wide, ranging from cold temperatures in the winter before the vehicle is started up to hot operating temperatures when the vehicle is fully warmed up in hot summer weather. A specific oil will have high viscosity when cold and a lower viscosity at the engine's operating temperature. The difference in viscosities for most single-grade oil is too large between the extremes of temperature. To bring the difference in viscosities closer together, special polymer additives called viscosity index improvers, or VIIs are added to the oil. These additives are used to make the oil a multi-grade motor oil, however it is possible to have a multi-grade oil without the use of VIIs. The idea is to cause the multi-grade oil to have the viscosity of the base grade when cold and the viscosity of the second grade when hot. This enables one type of oil to be generally used all year. In fact, when multi-grades were initially developed, they were frequently described as all-season oil. The viscosity of a multi-grade oil still varies logarithmically with temperature, but the slope representing the change is lessened. This slope representing the change with temperature depends on the nature and amount of the additives to the base oil.

    The SAE designation for multi-grade oils includes two viscosity grades; for example, 10W-30 designates a common multi-grade oil. The two numbers used are individually defined by SAE J300 for single-grade oils. Therefore, an oil labeled as 10W-30 must pass the SAE J300 viscosity grade requirement for both 10W and 30, and all limitations placed on the viscosity grades (for example, a 10W-30 oil must fail the J300 requirements at 5W). Also, if an oil does not contain any VIIs, and can pass as a multi-grade, that oil can be labeled with either of the two SAE viscosity grades. For example, a very simple multi-grade oil that can be easily made with modern baseoils without any VII is a 20W-20. This oil can be labeled as 20W-20, 20W, or 20. Note, if any VIIs are used however, then that oil cannot be labeled as a single grade.

    The real-world ability of an oil to crank or pump when cold is potentially diminished soon after it is put into service. The motor oil grade and viscosity to be used in a given vehicle is specified by the manufacturer of the vehicle (although some modern European cars now have no viscosity requirement), but can vary from country to country when climatic or fuel efficiency constraints come into play.


  • Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Any motorcycle 10w40 semi synthetic will be fine. You dont need fully synthetic and you dont need a 20w50 or anything (that usually goes in BMWs, classics and some vtwins I think).


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