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colt

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posted October 06, 2012 11:53 PM

what kind of oil

Geting ready to put my clutch in and my new pulser cover on I have k&n oil filters on there way what oil should I use bike has some miles just want to know what's wrong with car oil hear guys running mobile 10w 30 any help will be nice o and how much oil do I need

chromedout12r

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posted October 07, 2012 06:20 AM

5 Quarts I do believe. I use Motul double synthetic

kawasakijockey

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posted October 07, 2012 06:59 AM

15-40 Rotella white jug or 5-40 Rotella synthetic blue jug. Bike will take 4 and 1/3 quarts with filter change.
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joseph702

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posted October 07, 2012 07:25 AM

15-40? 5-30 to 10-30 I'd think. 10-40 if hott and beating on it for a period of time

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posted October 07, 2012 08:04 AM

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Geting ready to put my clutch in and my new pulser cover on I have k&n oil filters on there way what oil should I use bike has some miles just want to know what's wrong with car oil hear guys running mobile 10w 30 any help will be nice o and how much oil do I need

what oil have you been using?

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colt

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posted October 07, 2012 08:56 AM

I have not changed this oil yet my self don't know what was it it ???

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posted October 07, 2012 11:31 AM

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I have not changed this oil yet my self don't know what was it it ???

have you changed the oil on your other bikes?

wee

RICH CRAFT 1

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posted October 07, 2012 12:04 PM

Edited By: RICH CRAFT 1 on 7 Oct 2012 20:11

We do a lot of dragracing, and street riding, we use Mobil 1 10 W 30 if we were dragracing only I would use 5 W 20. you can buy it at Wal-Mart for $25 for 5 quarts, you can spend a lot more money for oil, but for what you're doing, you'll just be doing that! spending a lot more money. on just on oil change,our gen ones,use about 4 1/2 quarts with a new filter. on a completely new motor closer to 5 quarts.

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colt

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posted October 07, 2012 01:55 PM

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I have not changed this oil yet my self don't know what was it it ???
have you changed the oil on your other bikes?

wee

. No I have a shop do it when they put a clutch in for me or ever so often I'm good with cars just don't work on my own bikes till now I'm just too poor these days we build a lot of hot rods and and custom trucks

joseph702

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posted October 07, 2012 02:07 PM

Its easy , I think it's a 17mm socket and should be able to break filter free . Make sure bike is cold lol . I always like to drain it in a clean pan and look thru it for any metallic and stuff.

carabuser

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posted October 07, 2012 03:39 PM

Edited By: carabuser on 7 Oct 2012 23:57

If your filter is hard to get off, like the ones from the factory, get one of these expandable oil filter wrenches, or channel locks

colt

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posted October 07, 2012 03:40 PM

Yea I know is a small 4 banger just like a car for most part

joseph702

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posted October 07, 2012 05:17 PM

Ya they Deff help , make sure to lube the o ring on the new filter

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posted October 07, 2012 05:43 PM

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I have not changed this oil yet my self don't know what was it it ???
have you changed the oil on your other bikes?

wee
. No I have a shop do it when they put a clutch in for me or ever so often I'm good with cars just don't work on my own bikes till now I'm just too poor these days we build a lot of hot rods and and custom trucks

If you build hot rods and custom vehicles changing the clutch should be cake.
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colt

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posted October 07, 2012 07:58 PM

Yea I know just never worked on my bikes finding out it ain't that bad starting too think I'm just lazy lol

colt

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posted October 07, 2012 07:59 PM

Yea when I was younger I used too burn up a clutch ever couple months

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posted October 07, 2012 08:00 PM

I use rotella T6 5w40, blue bottle.
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carabuser

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posted October 07, 2012 09:41 PM

+1 on the Rotella

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