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barryG
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 Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:17 am Post subject: Oil usage |
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Just checked my enine oil, and its used some... is this normal for 500 kms?
Should I unscrew the filler and then check, or unscrew then just dip it back in? |
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Blackpool Paul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject: Oil usage |
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They do use a bit especially if there bieng thrashed on motorways, when you unscrew the dipstick thats the level, presuming your bike is on a level surface, if the level is just showing on the bottom of the stick, it wont need much to top it up half a cup full at most, 1st service soon though eh?
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barryG
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheers, yes it wasnt down much at all but topped it up as weve a long 2 up ride tommorow.... 1st service due when we get back. |
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Athena
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| What oil do you recomened for a GTS 250 ? |
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lil pepy
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| Athena wrote: | | What oil do you recomened for a GTS 250 ? |
SAE 5W-40, API SL, ACEA A3, JASO MA
Synthetic oil
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CheekyThomas
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| Agip Racing 5W/40 is the recommended stuff nowadays... Very good oil, keeps clean for ages... but its pricey! |
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Maver
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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to read the dipstick correctly:-
scooter on level ground
remove dipstick and wipe clean
replace dipstick and screw all the way in (not just resting on top)
remove dipstick and check level (should be between "MAX" & "MIN" lines.)
personally i got fed up with all the screwing and unscrewing of the dipstick whilst checking oil, i made my own dipstick out of a couple of zip ties and copied the max and min marks onto it by cutting little "v's" into it, my home made dipstick just rests across the top of the filler tube, easy 
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Innocenti
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 top tip rich
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smirnoff
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Maver wrote: | to read the dipstick correctly:-
scooter on level ground
remove dipstick and wipe clean
replace dipstick and screw all the way in (not just resting on top)
remove dipstick and check level (should be between "MAX" & "MIN" lines.)
personally i got fed up with all the screwing and unscrewing of the dipstick whilst checking oil, i made my own dipstick out of a couple of zip ties and copied the max and min marks onto it by cutting little "v's" into it, my home made dipstick just rests across the top of the filler tube, easy |
Don't drop it in tho will you Rich. 
Just a thought you no doudt covered
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jetex
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Does the bike need to be on or off the stand when checking the oil ?? |
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Blackpool Paul
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On the stand mate  they dont balance so well off it, no seriously if you check it off the stand {with someone holding it level} the oil level would read more, as the back of the gts would tilt down?
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Maver
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| Blackpool Paul wrote: | | On the stand mate they dont balance so well off it, no seriously if you check it off the stand {with someone holding it level} the oil level would read more, as the back of the gts would tilt down? |
yep, on the stand, on a level area (as opposed to "welded to the side of a skip at a garish angle" )
always check it like that and we know where we are, a "datum point" so to speak
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CheekyThomas
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Maver
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| smirnoff wrote: | | Maver wrote: | to read the dipstick correctly:-
scooter on level ground
remove dipstick and wipe clean
replace dipstick and screw all the way in (not just resting on top)
remove dipstick and check level (should be between "MAX" & "MIN" lines.)
personally i got fed up with all the screwing and unscrewing of the dipstick whilst checking oil, i made my own dipstick out of a couple of zip ties and copied the max and min marks onto it by cutting little "v's" into it, my home made dipstick just rests across the top of the filler tube, easy |
Don't drop it in tho will you Rich.
Just a thought you no doubt covered |
it don't fall in m8.....
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One nicked trick.
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