oil consumtion

[clutchspring]

Hi , can any one give me some sort of idea as to what oil consumtion i should be getting from a 04 vara done just over 20,000 and its runing on fully synthetic castrol bike oil,
Thanks,
Ian.

[jasonbc]

Originally Posted by clutchspring

Hi , can any one give me some sort of idea as to what oil consumtion i should be getting from a 04 vara done just over 20,000 and its runing on fully synthetic castrol bike oil,
Thanks,
Ian.

hI MATE DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL HELP YOU ( THE ENGINES THE SAME). My bike is a 1999 model with 30,000 on the clock and i change the oil at service intervals and have never needed to top up in between changes, i use silkolene semi- synth ot Rock oil's guardian

[davsato]

my '06 doesnt use a drop, i use halfords semi-synth and change every 6 months

[Freerangestormer]

My 03 barely uses a drop over 5k klms between services, mixed highway and town riding, hot out here. Using Maxima 15-40 fully synthetic.

[saitek]

In my '99 Vara I've used Halfords fully synthetic for the last nine years. I only change the oil annually, but it doesn't need topped up at all in between changes.

Why did you ask anyway?

[clutchspring]

Im asking because my 04 vara has used 450ml of oil in 4000 miles,
Most of that miles has been fast european motorway miles, usualy around a 760 miles in one day,
I thought this a little high on a 20,000 vara,
Had a look at other web sites and it does seem common with certain oil,
Some owners have changed from castrol to other brands and this stoped the high oil consumtion,
Ian

[jasonbc]

Originally Posted by clutchspring

Im asking because my 04 vara has used 450ml of oil in 4000 miles,
Most of that miles has been fast european motorway miles, usualy around a 760 miles in one day,
I thought this a little high on a 20,000 vara,
Had a look at other web sites and it does seem common with certain oil,
Some owners have changed from castrol to other brands and this stoped the high oil consumtion,
Ian

I went with a friend to G T Motorcycles in Plymouth to have is GSX1400 dyno'd and the guys in the workshop up there were saying the Castrol causes oil to be burnt, lowers compression (Seems to be a big problem for them on the new Truimphs so he was saying as they run 5w15w he said it's like water even when it's cold) and causes them to smoke quite badly because it is too refined for the bike engines ( basically it far superior to what the bikes require or can cope with) , they said silkolene also has the same symptoms which i agree with as use in my bikes sometimes. They said the best oil on the market to buy is Rock Oil and when he mention that the penny dropped. My Xr has been smoking on start up since i have changed the oil to silkolene but it didn't when using Rock OIl's Guardian

[davsato]

Originally Posted by jasonbc

I went with a friend to G T Motorcycles in Plymouth to have is GSX1400 dyno'd and the guys in the workshop up there were saying the Castrol causes oil to be burnt, lowers compression (Seems to be a big problem for them on the new Truimphs so he was saying as they run 5w15w he said it's like water even when it's cold) and causes them to smoke quite badly because it is too refined for the bike engines ( basically it far superior to what the bikes require or can cope with) , ...................

few years ago my sprintST ate its bottom end at 8000mi, a month out of warranty! over £2K worth of parts triumph coughed up for with a guilty conscience but i still had a £700 labour bill. that was running on castrol, but recomended oil was mobil1 racing oil (at £12 a litre, f### that!) 10w50w so above might not be right?

thank god i swapped it for the varadero, with a big unfussy v-twin.

[africajim]

I've found bikes running fully synthetic do often tend to burn a little, you can smell it when following them. The Triumph you can't really get away from that as fully synth's recommended.
The Vara doesn't rev to the extent of the multi cylinders and semi synth's recommended. I'm using Silkoline in the Vara, I've used Rock oil in other twins for 100's of thousands of miles and no problems. The Tiger got either Motul or Silkoline.

[jasonbc]

Originally Posted by davsato

few years ago my sprintST ate its bottom end at 8000mi, a month out of warranty! over £2K worth of parts triumph coughed up for with a guilty conscience but i still had a £700 labour bill. that was running on castrol, but recomended oil was mobil1 racing oil (at £12 a litre, f### that!) 10w50w so above might not be right?

thank god i swapped it for the varadero, with a big unfussy v-twin.

G T MOtorcycles are a Triumph main dealer, I can't see them purposly putting the wrong oil in the bikes before selling them, they would have no end of warranty claims to pay out on.