I have a dirt bike, a 2 stroke kx250. I want to chagne the oil, I only had it for about 10 hours on it, I dont know what the last guy used.
I got 10 quarts are 10w-30 car motor oil. Can I put it in? (not for the mix, but tranny. I have 2stroke oil for mix)
for my yamaha blaster, it said to use 10w-30, if you wanted to.
Cant seen no harm, but what do you think?
Also, since I put alittle to much oil in gas, and it made the sliencer alittle oily.. if I lower the oil in the gas, will the oil burn away from the silencer?
thanks!
2007-06-08 11:59:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Yes you can use that oil in the crankcase of your bike.
But it's a little thin for a kx250, especially in the summer.
You should be using 20w-50
Change the oil after a few days of riding to be on the safe side with the lighter oil.
NEVER thin out the oil in the pre-mix to compensate for an unrelated problem.
Either remove the exhaust pipe, open up the silencer and clean them both, or run the bike at constant high revs to burn the oil out of the pipe.
2007-06-08 12:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Dirt Bike Motor Oil
2016-12-10 13:34:44 · answer #2 · answered by burnham 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the climate you live/ride in. Warmer climates should use heavier oils. That means higher numbers/viscosity. Silencer should be oily due to 2 cycle nature. Don't worry about oiliness. If you use lower oil in the gas, you could 'burn' up the motor and render it useless. Always use manufacturers recommendations. Car oil or motorcycle motor oil is same thing. The important thing is VISCOSITY. You can pay more for 'motorcycle' oil, but as long as viscosity is same, it is the same. Do you think that Yamaha has an oil refinery? No. It generally comes from ideally the same source. Good Luck.
2007-06-08 15:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by rick y 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
DO NOT use car oil that has "energy conserving" on the back in the i.d star. all oil with energy conserving has friction modifiers that will make your clutch slip and ruin it. if it doesn't have say energy conserving it is ok. almost all oil under 10w-30 is energy conserving i.e 5w-30 10w-30 etc. and most oil 10w-40 and heavier are not energy conserving. rotella 15w-40 is a good alternative for most motorcycles. or you can just buy motorcycle specific oil. it really isn't that much, and you only need less that one quart anyway.
2007-06-08 16:43:52 · answer #4 · answered by mxlj 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Car oils have friction modifiers added to help with lowering fuel consumption. They can act on the wet clutch in motorycles and cause slipping. Use m/c oil.
Don't run your 2 cycle oil mix leaner than the recommened rate. You will cause scoring on the cylinder walls or seizure. Also, running the oil at a higher rate has the effect of causing the engine to run lean, which can also cause engine damage.
2007-06-08 12:34:42 · answer #5 · answered by mrocket49 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't use anything not specified by the manufacturer. A lot of testing goes into their decision about what to use. A two stroke has extra special needs although I believe some allow the use of automatic transmission fluid. Bottom line...go to a bike shop and see what they recommend. Why take a chance, it's 5bucks vs. at least several hundred to fix it.
2007-06-08 12:20:54 · answer #6 · answered by relax 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
what ratio are you mixing your oil at?if 32:1 you could lean it out some.say 36:1.or you might just try using a different oil.we run klotz techniplate in all of our race bikes and we run it at either 36:1 or 40:1.in my opinion it works great.i don't have a lot of black spooge or oil running out of my silencer.and before we were using maxima oil and it did it horribly.so sometimes it just depends on the oil.find and oil that works for you and stick with that.
2007-06-08 13:35:14 · answer #7 · answered by husqvarnadirtbiker 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋