Another take on the engine oil thing.... what dya reckon?

burty · Post by **burty** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:35 am

Yes it was, and it's bloody typical for some smart-arse to have a 180 BHP 2 litre car, a bit like the proverbial 40 year old grandmother's Morris Minor that's used daily and is still running to prove that all cars used to be better built than cars are now.

Post by **phuk72** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:03 am

burty wrote:Yes it was, and it's bloody typical for some smart-arse to have a 180 BHP 2 litre car, a bit like the proverbial 40 year old grandmother's Morris Minor that's used daily and is still running to prove that all cars used to be better built than cars are now.

Post by **Max** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:20 am

Hey, 40 year old grandmothers can still drive pretty hard!

Post by **Max** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:21 am

Cars that is...

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:48 am

Its not so much the 180 horsepowe thats the problem it's the torque produced which achieves the horsepower and the 2l car engine will give the crankshaft a much harder time cos it producing several times the torque of a bike engine.
Car oil is fine in bike engines........for the engine that is.........but the shear caused by the gearbox teeth in bikes ('cept Beemers/Guzzis) gives car engine oil a hard time.

burty · Post by **burty** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:30 am

Theres a guy in this month's RiDE magazine with a Hornet that's done 110000 miles and aparrently only ever uses Castrol GTX Magnatec (car oil), and he claims it still fine (although how he knows that is not clear as he's never even checked the valve clearances).

Post by **phuk72** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:28 am

burty wrote:Theres a guy in this month's RiDE magazine with a Hornet that's done 110000 miles and aparrently only ever uses Castrol GTX Magnatec (car oil), and he claims it still fine (although how he knows that is not clear as he's never even checked the valve clearances).

Does he say why? I run my car on that stuff and it ain't any cheaper than proper bike oil

burty · Post by **burty** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:24 pm

phuk72 wrote:
burty wrote:Theres a guy in this month's RiDE magazine with a Hornet that's done 110000 miles and aparrently only ever uses Castrol GTX Magnatec (car oil), and he claims it still fine (although how he knows that is not clear as he's never even checked the valve clearances).
Does he say why? I run my car on that stuff and it ain't any cheaper than proper bike oil

Nope he just says that he believes that it's nonsense that bikes need different oil to cars.