windsurfer
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Been using Morris SAE 30 but it's pretty expensive. Are the cheaper oils as good?
Any ideas
Cheers
Any ideas
Cheers
dumb question, why the low recommdation on Castor-R ? I have used it in my air cooled 4 stroke race bikes in the past and currently use Blendzall castor 45wt in my race bike. I was thinking about converting from dino oil over to Castor in the 71 bus. Is there any drawbacks I'm not aware of?BJ1 said:You should know better than to start this old chestnut Simon :lol: Morris 30 is good for summer, but any good quality 20/50 multigrade is fine in oldish engines and 10/40 is best for newish engines especially in winter. I once ran an engine for months on Castrol R racing castor oil just because I liked the smell :roll: - not to be recommended though.
Good to see you and the family at Bristol - lovely laid back event
Brian
done that most my life on bikes and cars,,,in terms of this oil which is unknown here in the states, check on the net or on the lable for ZDDP for classic cars and hot rods using dino oils this is important.Pickles said:I was about to start doing my own oil changes - redundancy and no jobmeans own servicing from here on. I have bought a tin of the Halfords Classic Car oil about £19 for 5 litres ... dont know if its any good though :?:
that makes sense, they are just a marketing company as far as I can tell...bac2ba6 said:been useing the halfords green snot myself and has been fine ! dare i say it but seems to run a little cooler on it than the old morris .
Someone once told me ( a mechanic )that halfords oils come from castrol anyway ??? dont know how true that is but i still use it![]()
bac2ba6 said:been useing the halfords green snot myself and has been fine ! dare i say it but seems to run a little cooler on it than the old morris .
Someone once told me ( a mechanic )that halfords oils come from castrol anyway ??? dont know how true that is but i still use it![]()
sidecargezzer said:that makes sense, they are just a marketing company as far as I can tell...bac2ba6 said:been useing the halfords green snot myself and has been fine ! dare i say it but seems to run a little cooler on it than the old morris .
Someone once told me ( a mechanic )that halfords oils come from castrol anyway ??? dont know how true that is but i still use it![]()
adey71 said:Morrisons 20/50w semi synthetic in my 1955cc. Last time it was around £5 for 5 litres
I am not spending massive amounts on oil when I change it every 2000 miles.
Adey.
Eeza said:adey71 said:Morrisons 20/50w semi synthetic in my 1955cc. Last time it was around £5 for 5 litres
I am not spending massive amounts on oil when I change it every 2000 miles.
Adey.
This my friends IS the answer :mrgreen:
My mate works for the largest OIL packager in the UK and he just laughs when I talk 10-40, 20-50 HD this or that... I suspect he knows more than he is saying :lol: and it all comes out the same hopper ! I guess if your changing it often and its the correct grade ANY oil you use will be light years ahead of the tackle they considered acceptable in 1969