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#1 PostAuthor: mikey » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:39 am

After yorky rally last week me z is well and truly ran in so going to give it its 2nd oil change since rebuild so whats the best oil to use read on here various
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#2 PostAuthor: KeithZ1R » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:22 am

Dunno Mikey use GTX meself and always have done, but no doubt there will be lots of opinions as to why THATS wrong :wink: however the watchword here is use good quality stuff and drop it every 12 to 1500 miles and you wont go far wrong
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#3 PostAuthor: Rich » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:33 am

I'm with Keith - GTX - but even that is getting expensive now :(
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#4 PostAuthor: RALPHARAMA » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:49 am

I have taken to running Halfords semi-synthetic motorcycle oil. It really must be a motorcycle oil as it has to cope with wet clutch and gear box mashing it, which car engines don't do.
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#5 PostAuthor: mikey » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:54 am

Ok cheers guys im sure i read that before somewhere about using GTX cuz its
more suitable for older engines
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#6 PostAuthor: 02GF74 » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:38 pm

castrol GTX; never had problems with it ut not tried anyting else as seem no reason to.
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