oil

[bubbleo]

hi
1st posting,in morrisons today they got 10w-40 mineral oil £10 5ltr and 10w-40 semi synth oil £5 2ltr, bargin me thinks,any good??

[timwilky]

Doubt it is motorcycle spec

[jambo]

Welcome to the forum, to keep things tidy we have a number of sections. This one is mainly used for commenting on the forum's layout and technical issues with the Forum.

There's an "SV Talk, Tuning & Teaking section (http://forums.sv650.org/forumdisplay.php?f=111)", the first sticky in it is "Engine oil for your SV (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=125457)"

Please look around and use the search function, much has been asked (and answered very carefully) before.

However, in this case I'm with Tim. It is very unlikely to meet API SG / JASO MA Motorcycle oil standards.

Jambo

[suzsv650]

Will be fine to top up though, i use car oil in my bikes for top ups.

[andrewsmith]

Welcome to the forum
you'll be directed to this Sticky at the top by most people as sid does considerable milage on bikes

Engine oil for the Suzuki SV650 and SV1000, all years, all types.

The manufacturer recommends that you use a 10W40 oil that conforms to the API SF or SG standard, for the purposes of this piece this can be considered equivalent to the JASO MA standard. Either, (or possibly both), of those will be written on the container, if neither are there I recommend against using it*. It should be motorcycle specific engine oil*.

There are seemingly endless differing opinions on which oil you should use, but if you were to use a known brand**, motorcycle specific oil conforming to the above standards, all will be well.

A brief and entirely unscientific straw poll amongst a few knowledgeable persons suggested that most, (not all), would choose semi synthetic.

Check your oil level regularly and often, do not allow it to fall below the minimum level. Change the engine oil regularly, at least as often as the recommended intervals. Fit a new filter when specified too, there are many pattern filters available, their quality varies, I recommend using an original Suzuki filter unless you have an alternative the quality of which is known to be at least equivalent to the original Suzuki filter.

*There are those who have used other oils with success, but I'm not going to recommend that you do as there are far too many types of oil and variables in conditions of use to be able to give a definitive answer.
**From motorcycle shops in the UK this will likely include, but is not limited to; Castrol, Putoline, Rock Oil, Shell, Silkolene. The car accessory shop Halfords sell motorcycle specific 10W40 oil which is quite popular.

[Biker Biggles]

Will be fine to top up though, i use car oil in my bikes for top ups.

Whilst any oil is infinitely better than no oil in an emergency I wouldnt routinely use the wrong oil for topping up or anything else.

[bubbleo]

thanks for replies,will look at spec and other posts