Engine Oil

[Ingah]

Just wanted to confirm my thoughts on this - mixing brands is never a problem, right?

I've almost used up all my Castrol GPS 10W30 oil, and won't be buying it again as it's so overpriced (i was desperate when i bought it down my local Halfrauds).

So i'll be looking at topping up until later this summer (when it's due another oil change) with another (cheaper) 10W30 semi-synthetic.

Any suggestions/recommended eBay links for that (i.e. something sensibly priced, so unlikely to be Castrol again) by the way?
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Personally I'd be tempted to just do an oil change.

Usually mixing brands isn't an issue though no.
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[c-m]

Hein Gericke 1040 semi synthetic. £19.99 for 4l and free oil filter.

[Kickstart]

Hi

How much oil have you got left?

Generally mixing brands of mineral oil doesn't cause a problem. Only person I know who had an issue was my father with the diff oil in his car, which somehow seemed to react and give a fairly horrible lumpy "oil".

Don't mix mineral and castor based oils (eg, Castrol R).

All the best

Keith
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[Ingah]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Castor based oils are pretty specialised and rare. Highly unlikely any normal road oil will be castor based.

All the best

Keith
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[kingsknight]

iv used castrol magnatec in every single bike iv ever owned and never had a problem with that! Some people told me that it could make my clutch slip but as i said, never had a problem!
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Interesting. While loads have used normal GTX, I have heard of a few people trying Magnatec and having clutch problems.

All the best

Keith
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[kingsknight]

iv used it in my TS50, my NS125, NSR125RK, CG125 and my XR without a problem!
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