3 birds with one stone and tightness

[Blue_SV650S]

Ok, I had 4 things to consider ...

1. Oil in WR250F has done few hrs since last change, but at the end of the day only covered <200 miles.
2. Oil in SV - can't remember when last changed it ... (but pretty sure it has probably not done more than 2,000 miles since).
3. Oil in Van - thing smokes a fair bit on startup and probably puffs a little when going along!?!? - so needs perpetual 'topping up'.
4. new oil isn't free/really cheap

So ... me being really tight .. this is what I did ....

- Drop 2L of oil out of the SV .... pour oil into empty 4l oil bottle.
- Drop 900ml of oil out of the WR ....
- Pour the 900ml used WR oil into the SV
- Pour 1.1L of new oil into the SV
- Pour 900ml of new oil into the WR
- Top van up with the used SV oil.

Job done!!

That's recycling that is!!

Anyone else do this sort of shiz or am I the only person that is this environmentally friendly*?!!?



*ok ok ... 'tight'
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[c-m]

you still had to buy 2l of new oil, so what was the point of the exercise?

[Blue_SV650S]

[27cows]

It warms the cockles of my heart to hear of such frugality/tightness

[ms51ves3]

It sounds like the sort of thing I would do

[swiftb]

Id say mixing new oil with old oil is a waste of fuking time and money Oil can be picked up cheap enough if you know where to buy it, you tight bastard lol.

[The Artist]

What are you going to lube your chain with now?

[sickpup]

For somebody who iirc has claimed to not need to work it is now obvious why.

I wouldn't trust you near a skateboard let alone an ic engine.

[iooi]

[matchett808]

[Andy C]

For the effort of changing oil I wouldnt waste my time 'recycling' oil when its not that expensive as doesnt have to be done all the time. I take it your changing the filter too as I would imagine used oil would shorten it's life.

Each to their own though
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[c-m]

i still don't understand what you have achieved - someone explain this.

surely one of your bikes now is lacking oil now if you bought 2l but used 4l.

[Itchy]

I am disappointed somehow I thought this would be a post about nailing 3 girls with extremely tight poon tang.
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[colin1]

I think you have missed the point of changing oil. If you are going to put used engine oil in, you might aswell just leave the used engine oil in the engine a bit longer.

Its possible that the dirt bike is more sensitive to oil quality than the sv, and the sv is more sensitive than the van, but that's really only a hunch.

This multi vehicle oil recycling is an interesting concept, but I think its oretty similar to just not change oil as frequently as recommended.

Theres also possibilities of something going wrong, in terms of particles in the used oil, and what the oil fiters are designed to remove.

I guess its the kind of thing that is fun to do if you have time on your hands, and like messing about with engiens without spending money.
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[Blue_SV650S]

1. For years I used old engine oil to lube my chain!!

2. I buy the oil in 4L tubs.

3. I only used 2L of new oil, yet gave the WR fully fresh oil (well 3/4 fully fresh) - the SV has ~50% new oil and 50% barely used oil, so that is good to go too ... and the remainder found/will find its way into the van where it will happily burn it off!!
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[locked]

God dam, your so tight I think I can hear your arse cheeks squeaking from here
joking aside, good thinking batman
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[Blue_SV650S]

[c-m]