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TSM · 26-06-05, 08:32 PM

I have heard from rictus that the use of old engine oil is good to use in your scottoiler for loobing the chain. What about old fork oil?

Is engine oil / fork oil hydrophobic?

26-06-05, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TSM

Is engine oil / fork oil hydrophobic?

No, it's not a sentient being and therefore has no fears whatsoever

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It might be marginally hydroscopic but it's usually brake fluid that has this negative characteristic. Certainly good enough for your chain I would suggest.

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Biker Biggles · 26-06-05, 09:12 PM

It only becomes hydrophobic if it contracts rabies.This is unlikely unless a mad dog bites your fork leg while on holiday in India.

26-06-05, 09:40 PM

I recommend automatic transmission fluid, light viscosity, high detergent.

26-06-05, 09:42 PM

It's also very expensive (at least here in the UK).

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tigersaw · 26-06-05, 09:49 PM

Chain saw oil.

Though both the Scottoilers I have in my experience have been pretty crap, I prefer to get the aerosol chain grease out once a week nowadays.

26-06-05, 10:35 PM

Manual recommends 10/40 engine oil

Sid Squid · 27-06-05, 07:05 AM

Just about anything will do, it's really not about what sort of oil that's used, just that a suitable amount is constantly coating the chain.

Used engine oil works fine - many couriers use it 'cos it's cheap - if you decide to do so, be very careful handling it though, as used oil is carcinogenic. I think you'd have to be doing a very high mileage to justify the reduction in costs that used oil will bring though.

Scottoiler recommend that you set the rate at about two drips per minute, and whilst I think this a perfectly good place to start from, I've always set the rate as appropriate which has always been much less, remember that the chain doesn't need to be dripping with oil, just damp and consistently coated, this actually a very small amount of oil.

Tigersaw, I suspect that your Scottoiler is not functioning correctly, those I have used have worked very well. As an example I've not long ago replaced the original C&S on my ZX6-R at 53,000 miles, and the SV1000 has 13,000 miles on it and the chain has only been adjusted twice, working correctly the Scottoiler, and the other varieties of oiler, do a great job.

27-06-05, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jonboy

It's also very expensive (at least here in the UK).

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ATF expensive? it's like $0.99 in the US

27-06-05, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tigersaw

Chain saw oil.

Though both the Scottoilers I have in my experience have been pretty crap, I prefer to get the aerosol chain grease out once a week nowadays.

i have had scottoilers on 2 bikes and i found if you set them up right they are very low mantanace, i only have to adjust the chain when the rear tire is changed the only real problem is the oil sraying on to the back wheel

there customer service is second to none as well

26-06-05, 08:32 PM	#1
TSM The Sick Man Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Peckham.SE.LDN Posts: 4,768	Chain loobs' I have heard from rictus that the use of old engine oil is good to use in your scottoiler for loobing the chain. What about old fork oil? Is engine oil / fork oil hydrophobic? __________________ OTR: KTM 690 Duke R 2015 Full Akro SIDELINE: Kwak ZX636 A1P 2002, Red, R&G's, Yoshi, Double Bubble Screen GONE: Kwak ZX-7R P1, Full Akro, Undertray, Screen GONE: SV650S K2 Very Bruised & Without Fairing, Motovation Frame Sliders, R&G Ally Sprocket Toe Protector, HEL 2 Line Setup, GSXR K1 600 RWU Forks, Barnett Clutch & Springs, Penske 8981 Shock, Gilles Ti Rearsets, Steel Barends, Scottoiler, AFAM Chain & Sprockets, Twin FIAMM Horns, Skidmarx Bellypan, Full Micron Zeta Steel System, Cut down undertay. Forum Problems & Information / Site Suggestions

26-06-05, 09:12 PM	#3
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	It only becomes hydrophobic if it contracts rabies.This is unlikely unless a mad dog bites your fork leg while on holiday in India. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

27-06-05, 07:05 AM	#8
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Just about anything will do, it's really not about what sort of oil that's used, just that a suitable amount is constantly coating the chain. Used engine oil works fine - many couriers use it 'cos it's cheap - if you decide to do so, be very careful handling it though, as used oil is carcinogenic. I think you'd have to be doing a very high mileage to justify the reduction in costs that used oil will bring though. Scottoiler recommend that you set the rate at about two drips per minute, and whilst I think this a perfectly good place to start from, I've always set the rate as appropriate which has always been much less, remember that the chain doesn't need to be dripping with oil, just damp and consistently coated, this actually a very small amount of oil. Tigersaw, I suspect that your Scottoiler is not functioning correctly, those I have used have worked very well. As an example I've not long ago replaced the original C&S on my ZX6-R at 53,000 miles, and the SV1000 has 13,000 miles on it and the chain has only been adjusted twice, working correctly the Scottoiler, and the other varieties of oiler, do a great job. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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26-06-05, 09:40 PM	#4
RandyO Guest Posts: n/a	I recommend automatic transmission fluid, light viscosity, high detergent.

26-06-05, 09:42 PM	#5
jonboy Guest Posts: n/a	It's also very expensive (at least here in the UK). .

26-06-05, 09:49 PM	#6
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Chain saw oil. Though both the Scottoilers I have in my experience have been pretty crap, I prefer to get the aerosol chain grease out once a week nowadays.

26-06-05, 10:35 PM	#7
mysteryjimbo Guest Posts: n/a	Manual recommends 10/40 engine oil