Does SV have gearbox oil?

[yorkie_chris]

It will be fine. Car oil is only a problem in thinner grades than 10w40... and a slipply clutch can be cured... the big end bearings rattling round the sump CANT!

Don't go getting people paranoid about car oil, it's better than nowt and works fine in a lot of cases.


The important thing is was this with the bike level or on the sidestand. Cos one way you've been incredibly lucky not to bork the engine, and the other way you've just overfilled it by 3 pints!

Oil is much of a muchness my misses used to sell oil for Q8 petroleum and Its all the same if the viscosity eg 10/40 etc is right then it doesn't matter what it says on the bottle the labels are there to make you buy different stuff for your bike/car/lawnmower and people are stupid enough to believe what it says on the label.

[DJ123]

all that matters with oil is the spec of it. All engines/manufacturers will advise you use a certain spec. I use 10w 40 oil in my SV and have done since the 1st. Oil is the same for all engines, even most petrol and diesel ones now

[Bibio]

i wouldn't go buying oil off your missus then.

sorta right as the base stocks are all the same but its how its blended, what modifiers and stabilisers then add in friction reducers and cleaning agents. so no not all oils are the same.

topping up with car oil is ok but i wouldn't go doing every oil change with it in a bike. well i would if it were a ducati with a dry clutch.

Originally Posted by Bibio

i wouldn't go buying oil off your missus then.

sorta right as the base stocks are all the same but its how its blended, what modifiers and stabilisers then add in friction reducers and cleaning agents. so no not all oils are the same.

topping up with car oil is ok but i wouldn't go doing every oil change with it in a bike. well i would if it were a ducati with a dry clutch.

You're right it can have additives put in it to reduce friction and such, all I know is she was told to pedal it if she could, its all the same with regards to viscosity so any engine that requires a 10/40 oil can operate with any 10/40 oil, it's only the purification process that differs,eg something aimed at bikes as opposed to cars will have less impurities such as dead flies, asylum seekers toenails and the like, this is mainly due to the components of a bike being smaller thus more delicate, but the difference is negligible, as lawnmowers/chainsaws get the least pure oil but have very small components and rev like a *rude word* , I (and this won't come as a shock to those that know me) use the same oil in the car (diesel), bike and lawnmower as I'm a tight git and never had any problems (other than the bike deciding to spray most of it on the road)!

Originally Posted by Bibio

i wouldn't go buying oil off your missus then.

Unless you wanted to buy several thousand gallons of it you couldn't!

[yorkie_chris]

Why would a more pure oil lubricate better?

Take off oil cap, remove sump plug, drain, refit sump plug, refill with suitable oil, pop the cap back on.. or buy an oil filter and pretend your doing it just for a service? :P

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Why would a more pure oil lubricate better?

Yes but as I said the difference is negligible, I thrash my beast everywhere so what I gain through expensive oil is neither here nor there but if you like to bimble I would say buy better as it will deffo not shorten engine life although I wouldn't guarantee it will extend it.

No wonder Castrol oil is better than Q8 oil, always wondered about the flies and such.