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
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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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