Car oil vs bike oil

[tutton]

Much difference
going to stick 10w40 in mine,
ive purposly not bought a really hitech one as ive heard the additives make clutch slip.

the bottle ive got says no additives just a bog standard semi synth 10w40 for petrol and diesel engines, reccommended for turbo engines.

Will it go bang?
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[Ichy]

No.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

My FZR gets 10W40 Rock semi synthetic car oil

All the best

Keith
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[greenman]

you take ye chance with car oils [iput mobil 1 in my old zx10 worked perfect ,my mates cbr 1000 slipped like fxck[clutch]same oil

[lukamon]

certain car oils (castrol gtx in particular) have additives that will make a wet clutch slip, bike specific oils dont have these
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[stinkwheel]

I put over 70k miles on a GPZ500s on castrol GTX.
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[lukamon]

sorry i meant magnatec
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[b-f-c]

My FJ1100 runs 20w50 car oil. No adverse effects.

[BanditsHigh]

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[D O G]

Where do you get it from? I would buy a 25L barrel, but nowhere to store it at the moment.

Plus I guess you then need a syphon. Or I suppose a bit of clear pipe would do?

[Kickstart]

Hi

Local Rock Oil distributor. Used to do BP oil which I used to get from them.

25L barrel can be lifted and poured pretty easily. Price per litre might drop further with a 205L drum, but that would be a touch inconvenient.

All the best

Keith
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[johnsmith222]

I have had no problems buying the 5l bottles of ASDA 10w40 car oil and using it in my CG125.

I wouldn't use it in my ZZR though.

[tutton]

Well i have 5 litres of unopened semi synth 10w40 car oil here ready to go in,
then i get a call and ive been offered 5L of Castrol power 1 gps 10w40 bike oil for nothing
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[600bandit]

hi all

i have put castrol magnitec 10/w40 car oil in my bandit will this be ok or ruin the bike i have not yet ran with it. shall i drop and replace it ? or run on it ? as i have been told it wll ruin the bike.....................

[Kickstart]

Hi

Magnetec has a reputation for causing clutch slip, so that might well be an issue.

Personally think it is very unlikely to "ruin the bike". The Bandit engine is an old enough design to be from before anyone thought of a motorcycle specific grade of oil.

All the best

Keith
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[600bandit]

cheers keith but what about the oil sticking to the parts ?

[Kickstart]

Hi

Personally think that is marketting rubbish. Oils do stick to things, but magnetec has a few other additves.

Bike engine and a car engine are pretty much a like. Only real difference is that bike engines have wet clutches and that bikes engines share their oil with the gearbox (but then there are cars that specify normal engine oil for their gearboxes).

All the best

Keith
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[hornetmike]

I put bike Castrol GPS in mine, mostly because its red.
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[lukamon]

my c90 gets what's in the deep fat fryer at the time
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