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Si P

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16th May, 2008 at 09:06:10am

Ok

My question

Does Motorcycle oil have the same properties as the same motor oil? Say 5w- 40w fully syn for example. would this be as happy in a modern car engine which uses 5w - 40w oil.

The reason I ask is that my friend is a distributor of Ipone motor oil and I can get my hands on any grade at mate’s rates. :)

Si


Edited by Si P on 16th May, 2008.

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16th May, 2008 at 11:22:44am

I think most use 20/50. Quite a few posts on this.

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16th May, 2008 at 12:03:54pm

i think a fair few people use the motul 300v which IIRC is a bike oil. its good as it obviously has good gear protection...


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16th May, 2008 at 01:26:47pm

Many people (including myself) use Agip 10w60 Racing oil on biturbo Maserati. However it's a bike oil, so it's not expected to work well on Mini engines.
The 10w40 300v Chrono is a car oil, the bike 300v version is more expensive.

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Si P

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16th May, 2008 at 02:32:21pm

Its actually for my clio 172 sport.

I use Millers Trans M in the mini, But just reading into this a bit it looks like its just the same stuff. but with inflated prices for the biker boys.

So i'll give it go.

Si

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16th May, 2008 at 06:42:12pm

inflated prices for the biker boys....CORRECT

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16th May, 2008 at 07:22:09pm

Hi,
Bike oil is different as it has no friction reducers in it due to bikes mostly having a wet clutch.
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Si P

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17th May, 2008 at 07:14:24pm

Is that a bad thing...?


On 16th May, 2008 Bat said:
Hi,
Bike oil is different as it has no friction reducers in it due to bikes mostly having a wet clutch.
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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17th May, 2008 at 07:50:10pm

Millers Trans M

Was made specificaly for the task in hand *wink*

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Si P

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17th May, 2008 at 08:50:40pm

Sorry for confusion but its for my clio 172 sport.

Si

On 17th May, 2008 Sprocket said:
Millers Trans M

Was made specificaly for the task in hand *wink*

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17th May, 2008 at 09:00:16pm

i personally would stick with the proper stuff, for a few extra quid its not worth the risk
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