Engine Oils

[krish2778]

I have just filled castrol active 20w40 for my unicorn earlier I was using gulf pride 4t plus 20w40.
What I want to know the interval of km to change the above castrol oil.
Thanx

Crapstrol active 4t doesn't last much long, expect a decent performance for sedate riding conditions for about 1500kms, then it's start to deteriorate.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

[B7ACKTHORN]

I have just filled castrol active 20w40 for my unicorn earlier I was using gulf pride 4t plus 20w40.
What I want to know the interval of km to change the above castrol oil.
Thanx

It's not to downgrade Castrol. I personally hated "Crapstrol" for the reasons Krish precisely mentioned. It just works for a few KMS and then it's as if the gearbox has gone bonkers. That being said, why don't you try AGIP and Shell, they are really tried and tested and lasted really long, especially the later one for me.

Cheers!
VJ

[psr]

It has been a little over 300kms from my change to shell rimula oil. The tappet noise present earlier seems to be gone down by a lil margin. The acceleration is good. I wont comment on the FE since i had upsized my tires recently & am expecting the FE to take a hit. No clutch slippage issues yet.

Welcome to the bad, risky ,rewarding world of Experiments......when you get a hands on feel of Rimula R3X, you will like the oil soon .....esp., good gear shift, less engine heating,and less noisy engine....Please do record all your observations and share ..
Good Luck

[B7ACKTHORN]

Welcome to the bad, risky ,rewarding world of Experiments......when you get a hands on feel of Rimula R3X, you will like the oil soon .....esp., good gear shift, less engine heating,and less noisy engine....Please do record all your observations and share ..
Good Luck

So let the drug testing Phase 1 begin!

Cheers!
VJ

[adityajohanan]

The kilometers or the time limit specified by your manufacturer (for normal service) - whichever occurs earlier . The time limit is irrespective of usage or miles run or oil type . This is because , once poured in , the oil continues to go bad at a certain rate everyday .. whether you use the bike much or not . For stressful use (severe service) these specified limits have to be suitably reduced .
Do not try to extend one(kms) or the other(months) - engine work is usually more expensive and trouble than oil changes . Personally I cut the manufacturer specified limits by a third - I shall not run any oil for more than 2000 kms or 4 months ( whichever comes earlier ) and touchwood I have not had any problems from doing that .

Scientists make oil ?? As far as I could find oil is made by mother nature only and we just mine it and separate it for various uses . If you meant that oils are separated from a different fraction of the crude mineral for each engine , then they'd have to put up a special oil-refinery for every model of engine in circulation . On the contrary , there are few things more generic in nature than automotive engine oils , and there are more categories of it made by marketing guys than any technical need .

Aren't we talking about fully synthetic oils here.?

[adityajohanan]

Which oil did you use ? Was the oil filter changed ?? Might be the bad quality of oil or the riding style, how would you describe your riding style ? sedate or high revs ??

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

I was using stock oil. Clearly high revs.. lol.

[krish2778]

I was using stock oil. Clearly high revs.. lol.

That is self explainotry then . Get a better oil, Semi Synthetic or Synthetic is you can, you won't face that problem.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

[Touseef Ahmed Mohammed]

Crapstrol active 4t doesn't last much long, expect a decent performance for sedate riding conditions for about 1500kms, then it's start to deteriorate.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

You are right. Castrol is not that great.
I have always observed, that castrol looses its smoothness in & around only 250-300 kms.
Trust me, i used it in the Run-in period of my Fz & i changed it only in 1000 kms I was feeling uneasy riding with it.
Later used once in my friend's 10,000 kms done fz & found that High revs are a pain with Castrol Activ, if feels like the engine is in 100 % strain.

[Azfar Razak]

What do you guys think of the semi-synthetic Castrol Power 1? Is it CRAPstrol also?

Castrol India - Castrol Power1

[adityajohanan]

That is self explainotry then . Get a better oil, Semi Synthetic or Synthetic is you can, you won't face that problem.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

Well yea, that's the reason I posted here for suggestions on better oils. I'm done 6.5k on ODO

[Touseef Ahmed Mohammed]

What do you guys think of the semi-synthetic Castrol Power 1? Is it CRAPstrol also?

Castrol India - Castrol Power1

Power-1 too is not that good.
Is Power-1 Semi synthetic??? I dont think so.
Engine becomes Harsh only in around 400 to 500 kms.
Riding on Power-1 for 2000 kms is a Real pain for me.
I never prefer Castrol oils.
Much better Oil than Power-1 is Valvoline 4T synthetic blend 20w-50.

[B7ACKTHORN]

For starters, those who are using Castrol, I'd recommend using Castrol oils on gearless scooters, as they are pretty good for such an engine. If you guys really ride motorcycles, try Shell Agip and Mobil FS if you can source this.

Cheers!
VJ

[pixantz]

Just wondering if any p220 riders used Castrol Active Xtra 20W50? Was it crapstrol as well?


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[krish2778]

Well yea, that's the reason I posted here for suggestions on better oils. I'm done 6.5k on ODO

Go for motul or shell advance motul 5100 or 7100 will do good.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

[Azfar Razak]

Power-1 too is not that good.
Is Power-1 Semi synthetic??? I dont think so.
Engine becomes Harsh only in around 400 to 500 kms.
Riding on Power-1 for 2000 kms is a Real pain for me.
I never prefer Castrol oils.
Much better Oil than Power-1 is Valvoline 4T synthetic blend 20w-50.

This is found on the first page of this thread. A list of semi-synthetic EO available in India.

Semi-synthetic -

1. Motul 5100 15w50
2. Castrol Power1 15w40
3. Shell AX7 10w40
4. Veedol super swift 10w40
5. Valvoline 4t synthetic blend 20w50
6. Castrol Activ Extra 20w50
7. TVS Tru4 semi synthetic 10w30
8. Total Quartz 7000 10w40

I'm thinking of giving Heavy Duty Engine Oil a try later.