PaulYDP
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 02:01 PM |
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ZX9R - What Oil?
Guys,
What oil are you running in your ZX9R's - I got fully synthetic but I'm wondering if this could cause possible clutch slip and should I
change to semi-synthetic?
Cheers,
Paul
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aka Keith
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 02:06 PM |
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I use rockoil semi syth. thats what came with from the builder, so thats is what I use.
cheers
craig
[Edited on 21/4/09 by aka Keith]
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r1_pete
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 02:06 PM |
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You must use motorcycle oil, not car oil, the additives in car oil are not compatible with wet clutches.
In my R1 I use Halfords fully synthetic bike oil, gets ridden hard and never had a problem with lube or cooling.
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PaulYDP
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 02:28 PM |
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I currently have castrol racing fully syn motorbike oil, I have yet to drive the car in anything other than first gear though - I just wanted to check
what others were using.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 02:37 PM |
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as above, you must only use bike engine oil that is designed for wet clutches and no slick 50 like additives either
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Kriss
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 03:50 PM |
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castrol do one in Halfords for bikes, T4 something its called. used on my R1 and it pulled hard and felt mega last track day. bosh a filter in there
too to make sure everything dribbles out.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 04:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulYDP
I currently have castrol racing fully syn motorbike oil, I have yet to drive the car in anything other than first gear though - I just wanted to check
what others were using.
That will be fine....
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gordon h
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 05:00 PM |
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i use bike semi done over 5000m
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 06:34 PM |
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I use Halfords semi bike oil too. Don't like fully synth. since I had my Alfa. It just seemed too thin and had a habit of weeping out of the
Alfa engine so I've fallen out with it.
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dean100yz
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| posted on 21/4/09 at 06:44 PM |
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Nothing wrong with a good quality semi synth. Fully is OK but can give clutch slip on some bike engines (it did on my last honda MX bike)
I run Castrol. Dont get any clutch slip and will change oil every 2500 miles which costs £30 odd quid
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mackei23b
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| posted on 24/4/09 at 11:15 AM |
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Semi synthetic in mine to!
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