Coolant drip above engine- Fixed! Thanks for all your help :)

[mtread]

Yes. Undoing front bolt. Taking out back bolt and raising it at the back.

[darrsi]

I always thought that you should not use fully synth in the fzs 600

Says who?
I'm using it, the bike's loving it, the price is good and it's the correct 10w/40 grade.
What's the problem?

[mtread]

I always use fully synthetic too. Runs silky smooth

[fazersharp]

[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=21568.msg248302#msg248302 date=1482500524]
I always thought that you should not use fully synth in the fzs 600

Says who?
I'm using it, the bike's loving it, the price is good and it's the correct 10w/40 grade.
What's the problem?
[/quote]
I dont know who said and I don't know why, think it says in the workshop manual ??

[darrsi]

[quote author=darrsi link=topic=21568.msg248311#msg248311 date=1482508177]
[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=21568.msg248302#msg248302 date=1482500524]
I always thought that you should not use fully synth in the fzs 600

Says who?
I'm using it, the bike's loving it, the price is good and it's the correct 10w/40 grade.
What's the problem?
[/quote]
I dont know who said and I don't know why, think it says in the workshop manual ??
[/quote]


You read too much, that book's over 18 years old.  :lol

[YamFazFan]

I've just been on the oil selector section of the Castrol website and it shows the Power 1 Racing 4T oil for the FZS 600.

That's the fully synthetic one isn't it?.

[fazersharp]

There is also a Power 1 4t (none racing ) this http://www.halfords.com/motoring/motorcy...e-oil-1ltr
Which is what I have which is semi synth

[mogster]

bah humbug
as i understand fully synth eats clutch plates but is better for the engine at higher revs
merry berry

[YamFazFan]

I remember reading several times in other places in the past about avoiding fully synthetic oils in wet sump bikes and have opted for semi-synth myself, but it seems there's lots of fully synthetic available for just such use :\

[darrsi]

Go for the semi synthetic grade then.
The point i was making was i found decent oil at a good price.


5 litres of Westway Oil semi is £18.99 on Ebay, even more of a bargain!

[rw711]

Wow you go out to drive a bus for a few hours and come back to 2 pages of oil debate!  :rollin

thanks for the exhaust clamp link got one on the way and a gasket seal, incidentally its cheaper to buy them on their own rather than together on Ebay. ( Take a look at mad4bikes on Ebay if you haven't already-   freepost too)

FWIW think oil is or can be a personal choice, I cant see the sense in paying extra for brandnames as you can check grades/spec etc through labelling.
- as to semi/fully synthetic I've personally always gone down the semi route, partly on grounds of type of use and price.

I'd read about aggressive qualities of fully synth on the Kawasaki forums ,  if you are going to be regularly racing or thrashing the bike then its maybe worthwhile as you may need to replace parts affected more often anyway.  I reckon for road use semi-synth is gonna be plenty good enough.

The Westway stuff would be in contention except they wont ship to my postcode (Highlands & Islands) despite my address being on the mainland which is a personal bugbear of mine - I could get it sent to our Glasgow depot and bring it down on the bus though.

[darrsi]

To be honest, the recommended oil change is 6000 miles, i change mine every 4000 miles.
I spoil my bike, just a little, so for the money, and timespan, the oil is generally always good anyway.

[rw711]

Yep I noticed there were differing service intervals from reading up mine is a 5DMC model so should be good for 6000 changes but gonna do every 5k, just for the simple reason its easier to remember! I'll count the first one as 50k - then do 55, 60 etc etc. even though its 51k atm

[darrsi]

Yep I noticed there were differing service intervals from reading up mine is a 5DMC model so should be good for 6000 changes but gonna do every 5k, just for the simple reason its easier to remember! I'll count the first one as 50k - then do 55, 60 etc etc. even though its 51k atm

Models mean nothing, the engines are the same, hence the reason we're still chatting about them now 

[rw711]

http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,34.0.html

aye this was the thread I was reading, seemingly changed in 2001 from 4000- 6000 despite nothing changing  :lol

- 5000 seems a good compromise - and easy to remember

[darrsi]

http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,34.0.html

aye this was the thread I was reading, seemingly changed in 2001 from 4000- 6000 despite nothing changing  :lol

- 5000 seems a good compromise - and easy to remember

Oil loses its lubricating qualities over time.
This will no doubt be affected by how the bike is ridden, heat, cold, etc.
My bikes mainly used to go to and from work, so i'm not exactly ripping the nuts out of it, which means me changing the oil every 4000 miles is probably not really necessary, but it certainly won't hurt the thing.


It's a bit like women and shoes, they don't really need them, they only have two feet and there's plenty of wear left in the ones they bought years ago, but it's not doing anyone any harm replacing them anyway.  :lol

[daviee]

in my service book it is 4000 mile intervals for the oil change 99 boxeye

[mogster]

hi peeps
i was led to consider that the fully synth is hard on the clutch  but easy on the engine.
especialy at higher revs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                            merryberry

[darrsi]

in my service book it is 4000 mile intervals for the oil change 99 boxeye

That changed later on to 6000 miles.

[darrsi]

hi peeps
i was led to consider that the fully synth is hard on the clutch  but easy on the engine.
especialy at higher revs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                            merryberry

Where's this info from, 'cos i haven't seen any such advice anywhere?


http://www.zxforums.com/forums/oil-lubri...tches.html