Engine Oil (Again)

[Mark65]

Hiyas
So in my old YBR I used Silkoline Comp 4 at about £9 a liter, has anyone tried the Asda 5w40 synthetic at £10 for two liters? or even the 5w30 for the same price.
There is also Silkolene - Scoot Go 4 5W-40 for £7.50 plus delivery.
I have tried carlube diesel oil in the past on the YBR and it seemed ok for the 1k I had it in.

Mark
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07 Yamaha YBR125, 07 Honda CG125 , 15 CBR300R (Chocolate Crank, Deaded), 16 CB500FA, 19 Honda Forza 300, 70 Suzuki SV650

[P.addy]

How often are you changing.

Your CG can use worse oil than my 125 and my 125 uses 10w40 Tesco/Morrisons mineral oil.

Why spunk loads on oil for a CG unless you are made of money...

[Mark65]

It will work out at 600 miles a month commuting so every 1200miles or two months most likely, similair to what I did on the YBR. Asda do a 5w30 semi for £4 a liter.
And no lol Im not made of money this is why I bought the cg, should save me £80 amonth compared to the car.
Thanks
Mark
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07 Yamaha YBR125, 07 Honda CG125 , 15 CBR300R (Chocolate Crank, Deaded), 16 CB500FA, 19 Honda Forza 300, 70 Suzuki SV650

[P.addy]

4 litres for £12 at Morrisons.

Change oil every 1500-2000 miles. You'll be fine.

[Mark65]

Cheers, I will have a look.
Mark
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07 Yamaha YBR125, 07 Honda CG125 , 15 CBR300R (Chocolate Crank, Deaded), 16 CB500FA, 19 Honda Forza 300, 70 Suzuki SV650

[mudcow007]

saves starting a new thread but.....

without opening a can of worms

normal car oil in my CG?

if i use tescos/ asda/ sainsburys or if im feeling really flush waitrose 10w40 oil in my old CG will it implode on its self causing a small nuclear explosion or will it be fine?

ive heard car oils can reek havoc on wet clutches?

or like the vicar says "should i just stick some in an see what happens"

[P.addy]

Be fine, only ever used car oil in my bikes, nothing wrong.

[mudcow007]

bobby dazzler thanks uncle Paddy

[unitynotsocri...]

If you have a cg and want to be sophisticated then use oil thats better in the bigger air/oil cooled 4 cyclinder bikes.

If you want a super reliable CG,or older CB then you can get an engineering company to tap into the oilway on the right hand cover and fit an oil cooler.
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[stuarthouston]

I use this in my CG based on the fact that it was the cheapest I could find at the time:
https://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l/c/Toyota_Yaris_1.0_2003/p/car-parts/car-lubricants-and-car-fluids/lubricant-and-fluids/engine-oil/?521776011&1&5b180548c18b8010eb3e8f8d23a4ec20faad8020&000398

[P.addy]

Nice deal on that oil

[stuarthouston]

[hondakawasaki]

I use asda 10w40 oil £8 for 2 liters in my cg i change it every 600ish miles

i did use some castrol 15w40 in my cg once it was on sale 4l for £8 i only did about 20miles before it knackered my clutch it made the clutch slip like f**k i had to buy new clutch plates in the end

[Walloper]

£80/month on engine oil???

Do you have a leak?

If you are bothered so much about changine the oil then why are you asking what cheap shite can I use.

I would use the best I can afford and use that 'better' kwolity to allow some extension in mileage. (And fix that damned leak)
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[Mark65]

Lol no, the bike will save me £80 a month in fuel instead of using a car and no queing.
Mark
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07 Yamaha YBR125, 07 Honda CG125 , 15 CBR300R (Chocolate Crank, Deaded), 16 CB500FA, 19 Honda Forza 300, 70 Suzuki SV650

[P.addy]

My 125 saves me £150 in fuel alone each month.

Shit, it is sooo cheap I forget about it.

[_Iain_]

it only needs a litre. why not just buy a litre of proper bike oil for a tenner & change it every six months? genuine yamalube oil, from a massively overpriced main dealer only cost £9.99 for a litre.

On the little bikes not using proper oil is a mugs game as you're actually saving yourself approximately £2 a year & risking clutch greif.

Big bikes that are one step away from the scrapyard are a different story entirely...
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Riding: '07 KTM Duke II, Baotian BT49QT-20 Driving: '88 Volvo 340

[unitynotsocri...]

stop sissying around ,get a gallon of quality 10 /40 motorcycle oil .On the small singles,especially cg/cb /gn/etc they mostly take less than a litre to refill,so getting a gallon,or 5 litres as they say....
will give you 5 refills and topping up oil,and all for a good price (get a funnel)............I think people underestimate the effects of not running engines on the same type/brand oils,on oil cooled engines

especially small ones ,air cooled and thrashed to the limits.....the oil gets quite a battering in temp range and using different types or cheap oil can sludge up the internal crankcase walls...

you can use cheap oil and see the big difference on your pocket......but what you can't see when you drop the oil is the destroyed gunk and polymers from the oil.It can be a bit like when changing forkseals,by having a tiny trace of old oil in the damper,the new oil 'rots' a lot quicker.

Using cheap /shit oil will slime up your crankcase walls and oil pumps,especially centifrugal oil filters.........

to a great degree you get what you pay for.
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nearly a normal tax paying tosser.......with ferrileness suzi100,cg125,cb125scb100n,cb175,cd100,cj250t,kh250,c15,125 bantam,super 6,rickman gs750,xt500,250rs,dt175,lifan125,dolomite1850,metro,Morris220ld,morrisfg,leyland princess,range rover,corsa,vw camper .now struggling with legs. MORE ORDER = MORE CHAOS

[Kickstart]

[von1papen]

Personally I just buy 20/25 litre drums, usually in the £45-60 region depending if you want generic semi synth, or decent Fuchs stuff.

Means a litre of alright semi Synth costs me around £2, and the drum does me for at least a year (plus changing oil for the car)

[P.addy]

[temeluchus]

[DrDonnyBrago]

[Walloper]

[von1papen]

Autowindscreenrepair in Balloo, Bangor does the 25 litre drums for £60 I believe (used to be £45),

And I've a friend in a hirestore who gets 20 litre drums of slightly lesser quality 10w40 semi Synth for £45,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELF-10W40-SPORTI-TXI-ENGINE-OIL-20-LITRE-DRUM-/251215747742?pt=UK_Vehicle_Oils_Lubricants_Fluids&hash=item3a7da01a9e

That sort of thing, and obviously from buying locally you've no p&p. Seemingly most autoparts places can get such things, but never advertise them, because they'll make alot more money sticking 4litre/1litre bottles on the shelves