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Discussion Diesel oil in Motorcycles

Discussion in 'Maintenance' started by GreyImport, Jul 3, 2014.

  1. Grasshopper

    Grasshopper Well-Known Member Dirty Wheel Club

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    Yeah, that's an interesting oil too it seems. The Delo is a multigrade oil, and its been tested extensively with the bikes with good results
     
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    GreyImport Administrator Staff Member The Chief Contributing Member

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    Working on that .....Ive contacted Hiflo in the UK
     
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    GreyImport Administrator Staff Member The Chief Contributing Member

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    They have sent me the details of the Australian distributor of the HF303 ...... update to follow
     
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    Phil Senior Member Contributing Member

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    Does this work in all bikes?


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    yeah, also works well in cars apparently.
     
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    My advice to everyone is to have a good read up on this ...... theres a ton of discussion if u google it and it seems most is positive but its like anything "experimental" .... u need to decide for yourself if u choose to go down this path ..... especially when we are talking about the major component on your bike.

    Heres a sample .....

    http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/forum/f16/any-one-running-diesel-oil-their-bike-132321/
     
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    to point out - you want mixed fleet diesel oil which has the appropriate petrol spec.

    consider say a farmer with all manner of vehicles, diesel, petrol, perhaps even LPG - mixed fleet oil will cater to all of them, and do it well.

    and just to eliminate the confusion - people seem to be mixing up the terms multigrade with mixed fleet.

    Multigrade oil has two viscosities listed which are for cold and hot - lower viscosity for cold starts, and higher viscosity for working temperature range to maintain adequate protection...eg. 10W40

    10 weight fork oil is an example of a single weight oil.

    Mixed fleet means the oil has the appropriate additive package(s) to be used in engines of various fuel types, diesel, petrol, gas etc
     
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    If only we had rotella t in Australia.
     
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    We do it's just not called rotella t over here - I wish I could remember what it's called here to tell you for certain, but rather than get it wrong I'll say it's in the oil controversy I posted a link to earlier in this thread.

    Rimula x comes to mind, but don't quote me on that...
     
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    Yeah I did mean us spec rotella. But a couple of good threads to look at there!
     
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    It doesn't have the s rating for petrol engines so I'm unsure on that one. Trent the caltex depot in nerang will have delo 400 if ya wanna try that I can go you halves?
     
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    How much are they selling it for?


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    No idea lol. I think possibly round the $100 mark for 20l
     
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    I am still doing abit of research, I have seen 2 different opinions on the matter :S


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