| Author | Message | ||
     Jlnance |
We are all used to hearing "change your oil every X miles." Thats always bothered me a bit because the engine doesn't really "know" how many miles the bike has gone. Certainly riding X miles in 5th gear will have a drastically different effect on your oil than riding X miles in 3rd gear. I was trying to think of better measurement to guage oil condition. My first thought was revolutions of the motor. This isn't currently recorded, but it would be easy enough to do. But I'm not sure it would be that much better than miles. Running uphill at WOT is going to damage the oil more than the same number of revolutions crusing down the highway. The best one I could come up with was to change the oil after ever X gallons of gas. That does give you the desired result of more frequent oil changes if you push the engine, and it's easy to measure. Anyone got any better ones? | ||
| Buellistic |
"DIRTY OIL" as it is the garbage can of the engine !!! An "HOUR METER" is another way ... Still another way is every 3K ... | ||
| Ryker77 |
or you can send a sample of your oil in for a Used Oil Anylsis aka UOA.. or if you live near a large diesel repair place like CAT.. cost would be 15.00 UOA have been shown in numerous cars that a full syn oil is good for 10-30,000 miles.. And I am not talking about Amsoil. | ||
| Bomber |
lots of fleet operators use hour meters and testing methods mentioned above -- I generally use 3k miles, but will shorten that (and drastically) depending on the activity (fresh oil before and after a track day seems like cheap insurance, for instance -- a couple of week commuting in 95+ degree heat, for another) basically, 3K unless there's been a great deal of high heat, high RPM (for this engine, that is) opeation, then I cut the milage down a bit the other, more certain methods are far more accurate indicators, to be sure, but a little unhandy, for me |
