Anyonen had a stuck oil filter recently?

[SV650rules]

Westway are just a distributor of re-packaged fuel and oil, based in a tin shack on Wombourne Enterprise park, not far from Sainsbury's - often drive past it, they seem to have a lot of empty 45 gallon vegetable cooking oil drums stacked outside for some reason LOL . Never trust anyone who re-labels oils with their own stickers, probably all comes out of same huge tank in their yard.

Sorry, wouldn't even put that in my motor mower.

IMHO you don't always get what you pay for, but if it is too cheap it is invariably cr*p.

[R1ffR4ff]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

Westway are just a distributor of re-packaged fuel and oil, based in a tin shack on Wombourne Enterprise park, not far from Sainsbury's - often drive past it, they seem to have a lot of empty 45 gallon vegetable cooking oil drums stacked outside for some reason LOL . Never trust anyone who re-labels oils with their own stickers, probably all comes out of same huge tank in their yard.

Sorry, wouldn't even put that in my motor mower.

IMHO you don't always get what you pay for, but if it is too cheap it is invariably cr*p.

I was joking

I'll stick to decent brands

Originally Posted by SV650rules

Think 10W-40 is recommended, don't use car oil as it has friction modifiers which could make clutch slip, also car oil does not have the gearbox additives that you need in bike oil because the engine oil is shared with gearbox.

Sorry I know this is a bit old but did u say 10/40.. Is that definitely for the al7 lol...I'm a bit of a newb at doin things the right way, an am not paying 140 quid from suzuki for oil an filter.
do you happen know the mileage phases it aswell, my last one was 4000, but am at 6500 now.

[maviczap]

Halfords semi synthetic 4 stroke bike oil is what i use and will be perfectly fine for your Sv, under £30.

Don't get het up about oil, just change it regularly

Cheers, I do 250 mile a week, what would you recommend for an oil change, every 4000?

[maviczap]

Whatever the service interval says, i don't know, as i don't do high miles, so once a year for me. 4000 sounds ok

[Blapper]

As a rule, the shorter the journeys, the shorter the oil change interval. 4K sounds right.

[Craig380]

The shop manual is oil every 3,750 miles and filter every third oil change. At 250 miles per week, that'll be fine.

By the way, Shell Advance AX7 10W40 bike oil is super-cheap on eBay at the moment from reputable suppliers like Opie Oils. £22 delivered for a 4-litre pack. It's a very high-spec oil (API SL and JASO MA2 - some might argue it's too high compared to Suzi's specs) but it's working fine in my own K6.

Robinsons Foundry is still doing genuine Suzuki oil filters at £5.99 too.

[Craig380]

The shop manual is oil every 3,750 miles and filter every third oil change. At 250 miles per week, that'll be fine.

By the way, Shell Advance AX7 10W40 bike oil is super-cheap on eBay at the moment from reputable suppliers like Opie Oils. £22 delivered for a 4-litre pack. It's a very high-spec oil (API SL and JASO MA2 - some might argue it's too high compared to Suzi's specs) but it's working fine in my own K6.

Robinsons Foundry is still doing genuine Suzuki oil filters at £5.99 too.

[Blapper]

FWIW using an oil that has an API newer than the recommendation can be at least not good for your clutch, at worst harmful to your engine.

Mine had the best fully synth Motul in it when I got it which I changed when I got it home but it has taken 3000 miles for the clutch to work as it should.