Oil - What Types the best?

Aren't you supposed to use 10w40?



Come to think of it I Castrol GTX in my CBX750 and thats 20w40 I think.



I suppose there isn't much difference.



How often would you recommend changing the oil, the manual mentions every 3600miles.



Cheers



Curtis

Don't know what's available for a good price in New Zealand, but

here are a few post from the BITOG forum. HDEO is Heavy Duty Engine Oil

like Rotella 15W40, Rotella 5W40 Synthetic, and Mobil Delvac 1300 Super 15W40.

Most of the time I am looking for a HDEO oil on sale and purchase several gallons.

The last oil I found on sale was Mobil Delvac 1300 Super 15W40 for $7.99 per gallon.



http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2152944&gonew=1#UNREAD

OH BOY!!!! A new oil thread!! Whooo hoooo!



Honestly, there are many varied opinions, but the majority here seem to prefer normal dinosaur oil. Weight depends on conditions for your area and driving style. Many recommend diesel type oils, as they have a higher Zinc content, which has been shown to be a real need for our engines and is highly reduced in most newer type oils. Many stay completely clear of synthetics due to clutch slippage (we have wet clutches i.e. they live in the oil). Others have used syn. with no problems, but I'd not do it.



Cheap, and often. The mileage range is fine in the manual, more often in harsher situations. Filter at the least every other, but as cheap as they are, I do both each time.



If you really want to spend time, do a search here on "oil" and see what fun you can have! Same thing in the Archives.....Wheeeee!



Joel in the Couve

I like several others in here tried the Shell Rotella-T oil. Fact is, I still have it in the bike. I THOUGHT that summer she was running just a mite warmer then usual and came in a posted to that effect, thinking I was the only one who notiuced this, but, Rickbert said he thought he noticed the same thing. I had a radiator problem I wasn't aware of till later (is fixed now......I think/hope..lol), so, I COULDA been running without as much anti-freeze as necessary to maintain efficient cooling, but not sure, and I'll prolly post later again this coming summer to be sure.



Point being, one should be advised that your bike MAY run a tad warmer than you may be accustomed to. As far as the prices for the rotella to honda oil, and it seems that this is area specific; The difference betweenst the prices here are not enough for me to warrant buying the rotella, but, as I stated, this just seems to be around the chicago area, or areas further south....The difference is about 3 buks er thereabouts.

Repco or simlar should have some,



http://www.repco.co.nz/



If you hav a big supermarkert chain always check them as well.



HTH

Yeap we have repco and supercheap in NZ.



I use Castrol GTX in my CBX750, without any problems, so I was thinking of using that.



But might try the diesel oil suggestion, that seems to be good for our bikes.



Cheers



Curt

I'm sold, I'm going for a diesel oil 15W-40.



Temperatures in my part of NZ, very rarely go below 0 degress C. Most of the time it's in the 20's degrees C.



It's not due for change yet though.



Thanks



Curt