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[rakesh_r]

Bike-07 Honda Unicorn
Oil brand-Honda engine oil,tide water company
Grade-ApiSJ,20W40
Performance-satisfactory,though i have used petronas sprinta full synthetic for 1.5yrs had to switch back as i had to replace my block piston,though now i feel the o.e oil is much better,my 10 cents:)

[shreyzee]

Bike = Hero Honda Hunk
Oil Brands Used = Hero Honda (Mac Lubricants), Motul 300v, Veedol Super Swift, Castrol Power 1...
Best 1 uptill now: Veedol Super Swift....20W40 semi-synthetic...lasted in good condition for abt 3000 kms!

[e.sarpotdar]

Pulsar 180-UG-4
Castrol 1
Semi synthetic-15w50
a Lil problmes though....Over heating and vibrating engine..
Might change to motul or petronas or a higher version of castrol which is 10w50 fully synthetic......

Any advices most welcome.

[pulsurge]

Here's my list of oils used in my P150 DTSi:

Motul 300V FS (Best)
Motul T5100 SS (2nd to 300V)
Fuchs Silkolene (Amazing oil- not avble though)
Castrol Power1 (Good only for city riding)
Castrol Activ 4T (Ok)
Castrol Activ Xtra (Rough engine)
Petronas Sprinta T5000 FS (Bloody vapourisation- my engine ceased)
Petronas Sprinta T4000 SS (Ok- nothing great)
Idemitsu Honda OEM (Nice oil- but now made locally)
Hero Honda OEM 20W40 (Ok)
Elf Moto4 Gold (My trusted oil)
Elft Moto4 Pro (Amazing oil- costed 150 bucks, but worth- better than Moto4 Gold- hard to find though)
Veedol Supersync (Super-bakwaas)
Valvoline Premium 4T (New kid on the block. Good oil)
Penzzoil (Avoid)
BP Mak (Ok)

[sheelpriye]

I have heard mechanics saying that try to stick to just one brand, changing brands means changing viscosity as well grade which isn't that good...
i changed many oils on my P-180 V1, but on the Karizma i always used Power1 found it to be good though wasn't so in the Pulsar, in the Pulsar my best bet was valvoline 4T premium,

religiously using 15w50 semi yamalube on the R15 and satisfied...

[razorBlades]

@sheelpriye : yeah, that is one good lesson i learnt trying out different brands of oil "stick to one"

have tried the below oils,
Motul 300V 10W40 (found to remove a lot of vibrations)
Motul 300V 5W50 with double ester (some say because of the double ester thingy, the engine cap might leak but i did not face this issue)
Castrol Power1 (regular joe's synthetic oil)
Castrol Power1 racing (10W50, super thin oil and rev free)
Tvs True 4T
Shell Helix (nothing great)
Mobil1 (super smooth and rev free, but not the recomended grade for my bike)

had replaced the block piston recently so currently sticking with True4T, which i find good enough.

From now on will stick to the recommeded grade of oil. One lesson is enough

[e.sarpotdar]

A lil help here........
M using a 15 w 40 castrol semi synthetic czt arnd 310rs
for my p180 UG-4

The engine kinda gets jerky at 8000 rpm...

Any other brand or grade
15 w40 grade is being used since day one....next week m plannin fr servicing. shud i continue or change...if i change da oil then wch one shud i opt for...

[motormania]

e.sarpotdar said:

A lil help here........
M using a 15 w 40 castrol semi synthetic czt arnd 310rs
for my p180 UG-4

The engine kinda gets jerky at 8000 rpm...

Any other brand or grade
15 w40 grade is being used since day one....next week m plannin fr servicing. shud i continue or change...if i change da oil then wch one shud i opt for...

i have somehow always found Valvoline semi synthetic and Motul products to be working out best for the Pulsars. This is a personal opinion after observing many of my friends' bikes and also on mine

[Riders Inc]

Motul 300v and 5100
works for me !

[flamee]

Hi guys,

Tomorrow, that is 5-April-2010, I am giving my bike for servicing and planning to move to Volvoline engine oil from TVS engine oil . What do you thing, will it be a good move and also are there any precautions that I have to take???

Thanking you in advance for your consideration.....pleaseeeeeee reply sooooon

[Mr ACE]

My Ride: Discover 135cc

Engine oil used: Stock Engine oil Elf Moto Gold 20w40 till the bike warranty goes off.
Result: Bad coz the engine get hotter when riding in rush hour traffic.

Engine oil Currently using: Shell advance fast trac 20w40.

Result:   It's really good & the gear shifting have improved over the previous oil.

Kms coverd: 22.5k

[shreyzee]

Mr ACE said:

Engine oil Currently using: Shell advance fast trac 20w40.

Is it Synthetic/Semi Synthetic or NE thing??

[Mr ACE]

shreyzee said:

Is it Synthetic/Semi Synthetic or NE thing??

I think it's mineral or semi-synthetic & it can't be synthetic

[shreyzee]

Mr ACE said:

I think it's mineral or semi-synthetic & it can't be synthetic

alrite.....kool.