[xBhp Universal Thread]: Castrol Power1 Racing

[Ron Syl]

can anyone tel me if its ok to use Castrol Power 1 Racing oil for my FZS? i have finished 4k+ on my ODO and 4 services over, and have been using semi syn engine oil

[luvurbike]

The grade is not mentioned on the bottle.. How do we know which grade we are using??

[Eshan-P180]

This is one of the crappiest oil i have ever seen in my entire 2,30,533 kms of riding...Most pathetic oil.

Degraded performance is surely expected, i might be wrong choosing it as first of all its grade is not mentioned, and the new one which specifies to be 10w50 is nothing but liquid diluted to look like cocunut oil, atleast Bajaj SVC oil is much better than this.


Observations after filling the engine with this oil, Pulsar 180 UG-IV
- Bike resists to go over 8,000rpm or 110kmph.
- Gear shifting is very hard.
- Low end torque is not at all great since its a pulsar which is superb for low end torques.
- Fuel average gone for toss, eats up most of the engine power, There is a direct calculation for low average. Since the bike resists to go over 8,000rpm you are completely opening the throttle in such case. The fuel supply is maximum but you aint getting that type of response. Privious used oils full throttle use to be around 9,500 rpm straight red lining and speeds around 120kmph, now at 110kmph full throttle and max fuel usage.
- Engine overheating, i could sense the heat while riding over 30mins of time be early morning.
- After draining the mech says there is hardly any oil left in your bike, good you changed it now or else your engine might have jammed.
- Forget the charge being 700 or something, i have paid more at times for ELF or even the Motul but those oils trully deserve that much cost, this is so freaking bad in quality, i would rather go for mineral. As mineral oil is much better in comparison than this one.

This is what i faced in the last 2,000kms. Yet it said that this one can last for 7,500 kms. I think they said your engine will last that long only

My personal advice please dont use it if you have a Pulsar 180 UG-IV, about others iam not sure...

[speedemon]

I have used the relaunched Castrol Power 1 Racing oil (10W50, fully synthetic) in my Ninja650R; used the first servicing as an opportunity to change to this engine oil.

After almost 800km of using this oil, I can comment that there has been a remarkable improvement in the engine smoothness. In addition, the engine does not heat up as much as it did before. Acceleration has also improved a wee bit. I would definitely give a "thumbs-up" for this oil. Besides, a few other Ninja650R owners in Mumbai and Bangalore have also used this oil and have found satisfactory results.

[luvurbike]

Originally Posted by Eshan-P180

This is one of the crappiest oil i have ever seen in my entire 2,30,533 kms of riding...Most pathetic oil.

Degraded performance is surely expected, i might be wrong choosing it as first of all its grade is not mentioned, and the new one which specifies to be 10w50 is nothing but liquid diluted to look like cocunut oil, atleast Bajaj SVC oil is much better than this.


Observations after filling the engine with this oil, Pulsar 180 UG-IV
- Bike resists to go over 8,000rpm or 110kmph.
- Gear shifting is very hard.
- Low end torque is not at all great since its a pulsar which is superb for low end torques.
- Fuel average gone for toss, eats up most of the engine power, There is a direct calculation for low average. Since the bike resists to go over 8,000rpm you are completely opening the throttle in such case. The fuel supply is maximum but you aint getting that type of response. Privious used oils full throttle use to be around 9,500 rpm straight red lining and speeds around 120kmph, now at 110kmph full throttle and max fuel usage.
- Engine overheating, i could sense the heat while riding over 30mins of time be early morning.
- After draining the mech says there is hardly any oil left in your bike, good you changed it now or else your engine might have jammed.
- Forget the charge being 700 or something, i have paid more at times for ELF or even the Motul but those oils trully deserve that much cost, this is so freaking bad in quality, i would rather go for mineral. As mineral oil is much better in comparison than this one.

This is what i faced in the last 2,000kms. Yet it said that this one can last for 7,500 kms. I think they said your engine will last that long only

My personal advice please dont use it if you have a Pulsar 180 UG-IV, about others iam not sure...

Are you sure your oil was original?? Maybe you got duplicate oil... Not a rare possibility these days...