Poll: What would you spend £60 quid on?

[Stu]

Originally Posted by specialone

Is not oiling your chain regular like at least every 200 miles just as effective as as a Scott oiler?

I think your spoonerism is right - quite likely that a chain won't be oiled regularly unless it's automatic.
The only comparison I know is
http://www.chainoiler.co.uk/
regular (every 120miles) oiling of chain lasted 18K against automatic (of sorts) oiler lasting 27K

Oh and the product is OK if you remember to use it and are too cheap to buy a Scottoiler

Originally Posted by 454697819

Why put oil with bits of metal in it and other rubbish extractions into your chain, if u want to be tight buy cheap 10w40 car oil at £13 for 4 litres from partco and put fresh through it...

i was going to say why not sieve it, barwell beat me to it.

Originally Posted by bluefishman

i was going to say why not sieve it, barwell beat me to it.

The oil is sieved by your filter in the engine yes...

why? to remove the crap,

what do you do with the filter when you change oil..?. change it, cause it wont be filtering properly any more?

why to we change oil, as its applied usage has expired cause it has crap in it.

why bother with old ****ty nasty oil,putting it through an expired filter when 5 litres of new oil is £13?

Seems a little like a waste of time and false economy?

If the oil is so spent that it is not suitable for very short term use on a chain, then it was in the engine way too long.

Originally Posted by MattCollins

If the oil is so spent that it is not suitable for very short term use on a chain, then it was in the engine way too long.

I'm just voicing my opinion,

you fit a scotoiler to run oil over the chain, engine oil has nasty crap in it hence why you take it out the engine in the first place,?

Why fit a 60£ scotoiler to keep ur new chain nice then run old dirty oil through it? the thriftyness doesn't add up to me?

IIRC you normally have some oil left over from an oil change anyway just use clean oil,

It just doesn't add up or sit right with me to put dirty oil over my shiny expensive drive train,

[Stu]

Originally Posted by 454697819

I'm just voicing my opinion,

you fit a scotoiler to run oil over the chain, engine oil has nasty crap in it hence why you take it out the engine in the first place,?

Why fit a 60£ scotoiler to keep ur new chain nice then run old dirty oil through it? the thriftyness doesn't add up to me?

IIRC you normally have some oil left over from an oil change anyway just use clean oil,

It just doesn't add up or sit right with me to put dirty oil over my shiny expensive drive train,

It doesn't sit right with me putting brand new oil on a chain. If I could still buy 4 ltrs for £13 as I used to, I would be putting it inside my engine first, then it's still perfectly good enough to put on your chain afterwards.

Originally Posted by Stu

It doesn't sit right with me putting brand new oil on a chain. If I could still buy 4 ltrs for £13 as I used to, I would be putting it inside my engine first, then it's still perfectly good enough to put on your chain afterwards.

really..?

Oil still is £13 for 5 litres from Partco

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by 454697819

Why put oil with bits of metal in it and other rubbish extractions into your chain, if u want to be tight buy cheap 10w40 car oil at £13 for 4 litres from partco and put fresh through it...

Can't remember who said it but that oil was perfectly fine in your engine to go to 10,500rpm a minute ago, what's wrong with it now?

You already have a pretty damn good oil filtering system in the engine. I've got absolutely no bones about using it on the chain.

Though at the moment I'm using some fresh oil, just because my waste oil can has a load of coolant and crap in it and the oil can is usually to hand

Originally Posted by Stu

I think your spoonerism is right - quite likely that a chain won't be oiled regularly unless it's automatic.
The only comparison I know is
http://www.chainoiler.co.uk/
regular (every 120miles) oiling of chain lasted 18K against automatic (of sorts) oiler lasting 27K

Oh and the product is OK if you remember to use it and are too cheap to buy a Scottoiler

Whatever stu, I oil my chain regular, i dont do enormous miles so i dont anticipate premature wear tbh, I have a Scott oiler on my DRZ, I just don't like the crap that goes with them.
You also have to remember to fill the Scott oiler reservoir up as well

Also that wasn't a spoonerism !!

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Can't remember who said it but that oil was perfectly fine in your engine to go to 10,500rpm a minute ago, what's wrong with it now?

You already have a pretty damn good oil filtering system in the engine. I've got absolutely no bones about using it on the chain.

Though at the moment I'm using some fresh oil, just because my waste oil can has a load of coolant and crap in it and the oil can is usually to hand

BUT HOLD ON...the oil wasnt perfectly fine to use in ur engine at 10500 rpm a moment ago... otherwise you wouldn't be changing it now would you??