Engine Oils

[vulpine]

I use Hero Honda Hunk and company advices me to use 10W30 oil... Hence I thought of using either Motul 5100 10W40 or Gulf Pride 4T 10W30...
Guys I need Your help to decide for which oil to go for...as i don want to shift to 300v as my bike has just done 2000km...

Any suggestions or tips would be an added advantage...

Honda engines run better on honda engine oils....my frnd got his Xtreme filled with power1 and the engine lost its charm and refinement
the very next week he drained it got normal oil filled and it was back to normal state....
of course, power1 is not a recommended grade for Xtreme.....
though,U can give gulf pride a try....

[ksameer]

u can only go for higher than recommended grade when u r operating at higher temperatures (read as summer) and mainly u r ripping like hell
so first is not because its winter now and second remains to u

available semi synthetic oils for w40 are
valvoline
veedol super swift (iam not completely sure its semi synthetic)
these are best semi synthetic oils available for p150

Any comments on which is better oil? This valvoline semi synth or Petronas 2000 4t 20w40 mineral. I have Discover 135. In the first oil change, service centre guys put valvoline semi synth 20w40 from their barrel. In the second change, I went for Petronas 2000. Was this a good decision?? Price of both is same.

[udayrrr]

Honda engines run better on honda engine oils....my frnd got his Xtreme filled with power1 and the engine lost its charm and refinement
the very next week he drained it got normal oil filled and it was back to normal state....
of course, power1 is not a recommended grade for Xtreme.....
though,U can give gulf pride a try....

i think same way castrols couldn't cope up with honda engines or vice versa.tell him try gulf it is better than what hh sc provide

Any comments on which is better oil? This valvoline semi synth or Petronas 2000 4t 20w40 mineral. I have Discover 135. In the first oil change, service centre guys put valvoline semi synth 20w40 from their barrel. In the second change, I went for Petronas 2000. Was this a good decision?? Price of both is same.

oops! u r in wrong grade in wrong time if ur using PETRONAS Sprinta 4T 2000 its 20w50

[Thunder]

I Use Valvoline 20W40...
The weird thing is after the change of the Oil - for the first 1k the bike Engine runs Roughly and the next 1k it runs smoothly....I cant get wats the Junta Behind this - i've been using this Oil for some 5k and changed it two times
Both the times im facing the same issue....
Is that the Problem with the Oil im using ---- If yes which one i should Transfer...to... I own Flame 125......crossed more than 14K....ODO

[ksameer]

oops! u r in wrong grade in wrong time if ur using PETRONAS Sprinta 4T 2000 its 20w50

The oil that I am using, Petronas 2000 4T, is indeed 20W40. Confirmed this with people at Petronas customer care. The imported 2000 4T is 20W50, made in India one is 20W40.

[HydBiker]

@Thunder, I do find that most of the times after an oil change my bike needs about 100KMs to run smoother. But with your case it is a little funny.

Honda engines run better on honda engine oils....

Among the biggest Myths of this century.

Any comments on which is better oil? This valvoline semi synth or Petronas 2000 4t 20w40 mineral. I have Discover 135. In the first oil change, service centre guys put valvoline semi synth 20w40 from their barrel. In the second change, I went for Petronas 2000. Was this a good decision?? Price of both is same.

Valvoline is marketing in the lines of Castrol. It is not Semi Synth and I personally have seen a bunch of people complaining heating problems (not a lot but more heat comparatively) with their oils - though the engines run smooth.

Petronas Sprinta 2000 4T 20W40 is a new oil and haven't heard from anyone about how good or bad it is. Sinc eyou said it is made in India and not imported from Malaysia like the others, I would wait to hear some reviews. But then, when you get the Sprinta 5000 4T 10W40 (fully synthetic) for Rs 400 or even less, why on the earth would you use anything else? This oil is doing very good duty for my R15, Victor, Esteem, RTR and more fellow member's bikes since over an year.

i think same way castrols couldn't cope up with honda engines or vice versa.tell him try gulf it is better than what hh sc provide

Gulf is better than the Honda Oil, HH oil and even the Castrols. But there's nothing like Castrol's couldn't cope up with Honda Engines. It is like saying I cannot digest Maasi's pulkha's - only Mom's would do. May be something else was wrong or may be the oil bought was not genuine.

[noel046]

^^^ use the Gulf

How does Gulf compare with Motul 5100... as summer is around the corner so i wanted to move to 40 from 30 which company specifies... What do you say...
Do you ides regarding the prices of these 2...

[ron_7933]

a friend of mine used patronus fully synthetic in his '06 unicorn. and the bike got screwed!! it started burning the oil and the poor chap had to spend around 5-6k to get the piston and all changed. but the problem still persists. any suggestions??

[velociraptor13]

Honda engines run better on honda engine oils

err am using gulf in my unicorn,running quite fine

[ksameer]

Petronas Sprinta 2000 4T 20W40 is a new oil and haven't heard from anyone about how good or bad it is. Sinc eyou said it is made in India and not imported from Malaysia like the others, I would wait to hear some reviews. But then, when you get the Sprinta 5000 4T 10W40 (fully synthetic) for Rs 400 or even less, why on the earth would you use anything else? This oil is doing very good duty for my R15, Victor, Esteem, RTR and more fellow member's bikes since over an year.

My bike has done only 1800 kms till date. I have read in the forums that synthetic oil should be used after around 6000 kms. Please correct me if this is wrong. Hence continuing with mineral oil. Also, the oil feels good in the bike. Gearshifts are definitely better but then the new oil has done only around 150 kms.

[udayrrr]

The oil that I am using, Petronas 2000 4T, is indeed 20W40. Confirmed this with people at Petronas customer care. The imported 2000 4T is 20W50, made in India one is 20W40.

ok ok now they release 20w40 in india, if u r happy with petronas u can go for thier synthetics
say after 1 or 2 mineral oils changes

Valvoline is marketing in the lines of Castrol. It is not Semi Synth and I personally have seen a bunch of people complaining heating problems (not a lot but more heat comparatively) with their oils - though the engines run smooth.

are sure valvoline are also in lines market engineering rather than liquid engineering

[Omi]

Motul 3000T 4T 15W50 Review

Tried the new product from Motul, my trusted oil company.
Label says specially designed for twin spark engines, Bajaj and Thunderbird mentioned on the rear side.

Was using teh SVC oil, gears all jammed up, on the Head mechanic advice even added Bhardhal Oil additive , mere WASTE of 110 bucks

then shifted back to Motul 15W50 costing 230 a litre and believe me in 300 meters my gears felt a lot smoother, and now after 300+ kms they have become even more smoother as compared to other 220 DTSI's i rode so far.
Engine is free revving, and a lot smoother now...

will surely recommend it for all 220 owners,

will report after how many kms the oil goes bad

[sudipta_roy]

Am using Motul 300 v 15w50 full synthetic on my 220, nd found it's the best, Am using it from 1500km no engine problem or clutchplate problem is there, till now 22000 km has been done nd I think it will run fine another 10k or more I don need any clutchplate change. That too on redlining rpm driving style.

[HydBiker]

How does Gulf compare with Motul 5100... as summer is around the corner so i wanted to move to 40 from 30 which company specifies... What do you say...
Do you ides regarding the prices of these 2...

Motul 5100 should be better but you have only 15W50 in that. Gulf is just yummy for its cost (almost half the cost of 5100) and you get that in 10W30 and 20W40.

a friend of mine used patronus fully synthetic in his '06 unicorn. and the bike got screwed!! it started burning the oil and the poor chap had to spend around 5-6k to get the piston and all changed. but the problem still persists. any suggestions??

engines get screwed up for various other reasons but definitely not for using a synthetic oil in the same grade as recommended.

My bike has done only 1800 kms till date. I have read in the forums that synthetic oil should be used after around 6000 kms. Please correct me if this is wrong. Hence continuing with mineral oil. Also, the oil feels good in the bike. Gearshifts are definitely better but then the new oil has done only around 150 kms.

You may wait for the 3K KMs service and then start using the fully synth.

are sure valvoline are also in lines market engineering rather than liquid engineering

Most of them are. But then, the technical aspect aside, they do deliver some better goods for that special/extra process. And I believe that is what we need. Also, I am keeping myself away from Valvolines as there is so much more better stuff available.

Motul 3000T 4T 15W50 Review

Motul's are always good products and especially for Pulsars they rock. But the "specially formulated for twin spark" thing should be another gimmickry.

[onlinesatish]

Motul 5100 should be better but you have only 15W50 in that. Gulf is just yummy for its cost (almost half the cost of 5100) and you get that in 10W30 and 20W40.

prabhakar had W40 in 5100