Oil ?
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Its only a ducar so just use any branded 15/40w - 20/50w oil, and change it every 3 or 4 rides and flog it till it dies!!!
these chinga engines are not the most sophisticated engines so aslong as they have some kinda oil in them theyll be fine
People get so anal about brands of oil etc etc and its just going overboard IMO,
Ive got engines that are 3yrs old and get flogged like crazy most weekends, all my engines run on "Valvoline XLD" car oil all there life and never have i had any failures whatsoever, and never had to put new rings in any of them yet!
Thats my2c anyways
these chinga engines are not the most sophisticated engines so aslong as they have some kinda oil in them theyll be fine
People get so anal about brands of oil etc etc and its just going overboard IMO,
Ive got engines that are 3yrs old and get flogged like crazy most weekends, all my engines run on "Valvoline XLD" car oil all there life and never have i had any failures whatsoever, and never had to put new rings in any of them yet!
Thats my2c anyways
pitmaster gave good advice. Don't get too hi tech about the oil choice. Simple rules:
1) Change it often. The clutch particle and metal contaminants cause more problems with oil flow than the oil getting old. I replace mine after about every 2 or 3 hrs.
2) Use 15w40 in the winter and most of the time in Aus. But consider 20w50 in really hot temps.
3) Get a magnetic oil drain plug. You'll be amazed!
4) Don't bother with expensive oil. These china engines lose so much metal (off gears etc) that you have to dump the oil often (see point 1). Why throw away expensive oil so often.
5) Be green: Your local servo should take you used oil for free (they sell it).
My oil: I use Shell Rimula-X 15w40 diesel oil in my mini. 100%. Great for wet clutches. Great oil. $60 for 10L of it. I use it in my 450F too, and I get near zero engine wear in that engine.
1) Change it often. The clutch particle and metal contaminants cause more problems with oil flow than the oil getting old. I replace mine after about every 2 or 3 hrs.
2) Use 15w40 in the winter and most of the time in Aus. But consider 20w50 in really hot temps.
3) Get a magnetic oil drain plug. You'll be amazed!
4) Don't bother with expensive oil. These china engines lose so much metal (off gears etc) that you have to dump the oil often (see point 1). Why throw away expensive oil so often.
5) Be green: Your local servo should take you used oil for free (they sell it).
My oil: I use Shell Rimula-X 15w40 diesel oil in my mini. 100%. Great for wet clutches. Great oil. $60 for 10L of it. I use it in my 450F too, and I get near zero engine wear in that engine.