What colour is 2 stroke oil ? please dont laugh to loudly !

coolfox1 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Karma :

Was just going to top up my 2 stroke as well, but was slightly confused to see the stuff I got was red, thing is the two stroke thats in there at the moment is yellow err...... have I got the wrong stuff or has somebody put the wrong one in my bike ?

didnt want to just add it in case I need to drop whats in there already, there isn't a heck of a lot in but my home made dip stick still shows a good 2 inches worth.

Ta

Slavo · Spanner Monkey Joined: 07 May 2004 Karma :

The 2-stroke oil I have is red.

I'm not too hot on knowledge, but just thought you'd be interested to know.

It is advisable to keep to the same oil for the bike, but if you do not know what oil is in there now, it is unavoidable. Hope this helps a little. I'm sure someone else will know Wink

clemsta · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Karma :

Most 2T oil is red that i've seen, i've never seen any yellow stuff before though.

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Lee_367 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 22 May 2004 Karma :

when i bought my bike from new it came with some yellow stuff in, the stuff i use now is castrol tts which is red.
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Keith · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Karma :

you'll find that most 2t will be red (i use the castrol tts also)
but the other stuff i use is black (pj1 goldfire - for pre-mix only)
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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Its actually not a silly question! Smile

When I had my NS125 I just bought any bottle of 2 stroke oil that said fully synthetic on the side. In the time I had it I had red, yellow and blue. A ped boi I knew at a place I used to work even bought strawberry flavored two stroke oil! Laughing

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Lee_367 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 22 May 2004 Karma :

good point, when i did motocross i used putoline mx7 and that was blue Mr. Green

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fuzz · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Karma :

The oil in my bike is red, but the stuff I bought is blue. As per the original question, is it OK to mix them, or should I drain the old stuff out first?

atom · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Karma :

The Castrol TTS i stick in the bike is yellow.
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robbiehall · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Karma :

It's OK to mix the different colours.

You will find references to not mixing 2T oils, but they are talking about older style oils like Castrol R and modern synthetic oils.

So yeah don't worry about the colours.

Cheers
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priller · Brolly Dolly Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Karma :

Oil in mine is red. I've mixed different brands of semi-synthetic oil before, but probably wouldn't mix semi and fully synthetic oil.

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Lee_367 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 22 May 2004 Karma :

same here

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baldy · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Karma :

hmm.. yellow oil....

........VEGETABLE OIL...........
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Jack2004 · Nova Slayer Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Karma :

Mines Red, my mate got some that was blue though.

Thet2 · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Karma :

mineral oil is the normal yellow/gold,

syntetic and semi syntetic have diff colours, at least thats what i've always seen

Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

I have had golden coloured semi synthetics and red mineral oils. Likely the default colour is yellow but that they are dyed to suit so that you can identify where a fluid has leaked from.

All the best

Keith
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mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

Mine is red but I've used blue stuff. I don't bother with all that £6 a litre bottle nonsense the cheap stuff goes in mine.

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Well the Castrol Scoot-er oil I have is more of a pink/red colour.
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Reano · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 11 May 2004 Karma :

lol, that synthetic oil tastes like toffee........*ahem*
yea, mines red too, fully-synthetic, kinda pricey stuff tho.

tater · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Karma :

in my experience:
TTS - gold
Rock oil - gold
Castrol super TT - red
Putoline oils - Blue

All of the above do a good job i've just them in my mx bike

The best oil to use is fully synethic so just run whats in it till its low and add your new stuff. It is best to run the same oil but you don't know how good or bad the oil is already in it, it could be some cheap ass chain saw oil Laughing

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Rollins · Trackday Trickster Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Karma :

Yet another colour variation - my RS125 guzzles Motul 600, which is sort of racing green.

Made the oil tank look a bit messy after the red running-in oil!