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OK i was running low on OIL and I have a service on Monday so I figured just a dab to top up until Monday would do me.
Didn't even realise I still had a bottle of old 2 stroke stuff for my old bike until I had poured a couple couple of splashes in and went to put the bottle down to check the levels >_<. Can I just top this up with "good stuff" from the bottle I MEANT to use and get the oil and filter changed on Monday or am I know stuffed and need to get the fairing off to drain the oil and fill up again with proper SAE 10W 40 4 stroke. |
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I'm a mechanical numpty, but the funny feeling in my gut is telling me that 'something is better than nothing.' Ideally, yea, drain it & re-fill with the proper stuff, but then, that'll be done on monday anyway.
Oh wait, that feeling is actually hunger... oh well. ![]() |
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I doubt if "a couple of splashes" will matter much in 3.5 litres of oil.
If it suddenly develops a power band at 16000 RPM and highsides you at the next roundabout you might have to think again. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It's showing about half full of oil at the moment with 1/4 of that probably being the 2 stroke stuff (I can tell because its the red stuff at the bottom of the dial rather than the yellow stuff floating on top of that....) |
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When I was a bit short I topped mine up with something that was meant to go in the petrol mower
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You put grass in the sump?
I know SVs are a bit agricultural but that's pushing it a bit far. ![]()
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1/4 of what you see in the window isnt that much. You have a good coule of litres of oil in there for it to 'mix'with. The bike may also smoke a bit.
Was it Castrol R?...hmmmmm....castrol R. I wouldnt worry about it. |
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I would love to see the look on the mechanics face as he scratches his head wondering why the hell your bike smells of "Cazzy R"!
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I know people who put Castrol R into the fuel of their 4-strokes sometimes, just for the smell
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