i visited my dealer the other day and bought some four-stroke oil for my baja and the dealer told me that if i get tired of paying 3.45 for a quart of oil that i could use any major brand of oil(non-synthetic) with the weight of 10w-40....and if i saw to many shavings to move up to 15w-40. i have always used yama-lube or suzuki oil and have always wondered at the amount of metal shavings that i find when i change the oil. the dealer said that any quality car oil will greatly reduce the amount of shavings......but he also said that my warranty might not cover the engine in the case of problems not even related to oil problems......what do u do?

 

I've been using Valvoline Premium Blue (15w-40) in my DS ever since I got her. No problems at all.

 

Been running Castrol GTX 10-40w and havent had any problems.

 

I use kaw 10/40 for a while because I worked for a dealer and it seemed fine. Now I use Honda 10/40. Ive herd the car oil have additives not good for an atv but I dont know how true that is.

 

Gasket,

Why do you run the Valvoline Premium Blue? I was looking at that and I thought it was for diesle engines? I'm pretty sure it said right on the bottle....... Just wondering.

 

.... And by the way I run Valvoline Motorcycle oil.

 

From what I understand, a manufacter can not restrict you to a specific brand of oil. Its against the (USA) law. After buying a Buell, I really checked into it, and all the rumors were non-factual.

In our climate, I use 20-50. Castrol or Pennzoil. Since I dump the oil frequently, I use the $23 per case stuff.

In the Buell, I ran Mobil 1 for twins (synthetic). Expensive, but I felt better since the outside temps were blistering my leg on the header.

jbt

 

If I ride in 90+ should I run 20w50? This is in the dunes and I ride as hard as I can[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I run 20w50 Valvoline motorcycle oil (for wet clutches) in mine,cured alot of my oil foaming and blow by problems

 

Ok, call me crazy or rich, but ever since I broke the engine in on standard oil, I have used the Bombardier synthetic oil at $12.95 a qt. Every oil change! My engine is going to last a long time. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]