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Crana · DTR Senior Member

Which 2-stroke oil do you use? And where from?

RudiRulez · DTR Senior Member

Shell Advance VSX is my favorite, £10.49 a bottle though, but i guess you get what you pay for wink

Crana · DTR Senior Member

"A premium oil based on synthetic technology, exceeding highest international specifications and motorcycle manufacturers requirements." What does that mean exactly? Semi synthetic? I want to try full to see what the difference between full and mineral is, then I'll probably go to semi to save a few quid.

DTPOWER · DTR Respected Member

castrol TTS fully synthetic £ 10 / bottle though but it smells nice

OH and do not bother with semi-synthetic oils because by law there only has to be about 3-4 % synthetic oil in there so it's pretty much the same as mineral oil

-- Edited by DTPOWER on Saturday 12th of September 2009 09:05:34 AM

Crana · DTR Senior Member

£10 from where? It's £12 at Halfords :( That's the stuff I plan on buying anyway.

Another question... Seeing as my 2-stroke bottle is full of ****ty mineral stuff is it ok if I topped it up with the fully synthetic oil when I get some?

dudley · DTR Senior Member

i say no mate on that....just us whats in the bottle or empty it out and start a fresh.......

RudiRulez · DTR Senior Member

Crana wrote:

"A premium oil based on synthetic technology, exceeding highest international specifications and motorcycle manufacturers requirements." What does that mean exactly? Semi synthetic? I want to try full to see what the difference between full and mineral is, then I'll probably go to semi to save a few quid.

Shell Advance VSX is fully synthetic, they do make a semi synthetic though i think its just called Shell VSX, ive always used it because i always fill up with Shell V-Power and its convenient to pickup a bottle of oil whilst im paying for the petrol.

DTPOWER · DTR Respected Member

£10 in sweden

Crana · DTR Senior Member

Ohh ok.

Gonna be a while before my 2-stroke runs out, still got over 3/4 of a tank... that stuff lasts forever :P Not that I'm complaining!

DTPOWER · DTR Respected Member

lucky you i have less then ½ blankstare

and no cash until the 30th of september =0

craigbulmer · Guru

how do DT's run on V-power???
often wondered this :D:D:D

DTPOWER · DTR Respected Member

doesn't vpower contain a lot of ethanol which is a solvent that would mess up the oil supply?

RudiRulez · DTR Senior Member

craigbulmer wrote:

how do DT's run on V-power???
often wondered this :D:D:D

The main reason i use it is because my mate had been running his speedfight 50 on it for 28,000km without a single engine problem and i ran my old speedfight 100 on it without any problems for 6,000km, im not quite sure how DT's run on V-power compared to normal petrol because ive never used normal petrol, but also, small engines need higher octane fuel to keep themselves from detonation, but most UK petrol is quite high octance anyway usually about 95 so theres still not much chance of detonation even with standard fuel, but i always say its better to be safe than sorry and for the extra few pence a litre i think its worth it.

RudiRulez · DTR Senior Member

DTPOWER wrote:

doesn't vpower contain a lot of ethanol which is a solvent that would mess up the oil supply?

I dont think shell(a major petrol/oil company) would sell petrol with ingredient that would kill engines and from personal experience ive never had any problems with the stuff.

craigbulmer · Guru

i think DTpower youve got confused between ethanol and octane lol
ethanol kills engines .. see the top gear episode with the 24 hour race haha

DTPOWER · DTR Respected Member

not really bc the gas stations or petrol stations as you from the uk say ... in sweden mix ethanol with the gas in 95 octane gas there is about 5% ethanol . so my guess would be that there is about 10 % ethanol in v power

Jonpearson17 · DTR Respected Member

I use Silkolene Comp 2 Plus, Think its fully synthetic at £14.80 a Litre and its pritty decent stuff. I did over 20,000km usin Comp 2 plus on my Rs50 and no engine problems and 7,000miles on my Dt and no Problems

medxb183 · DTR Senior Member

castrol tts power 1,fully synthetic,its pretty similar to castrol tts,and both smell great

DTPOWER · DTR Respected Member

i have been using castrol tts fully synthetic .. but it's too damn expensive ... im thinking of buying something else but i don't know what oil to get..

Crana · DTR Senior Member

Bought 2 litres of Castrol TTS fully Synthetic today, came to just under £24. That's me sorted for a few months.

simon · DTR Member

semi synthetic is good enough especially if your dt is restricted,rock oil do a good semi synthetic or putoline.just make sure your 2 stroke oil is suitable for autolube systems as is on the dt,many of the fully synthetic 2 stroke oils arnt

DTMO · DTR Member

how long have you been using it? what do you think of silkolene 2 comp, motul 710 and yamalube 2s/2r

satelliteone · DTR Senior Member

i use now the TTS power 1 semi. was using the full. found that it caused adverse wear, which led to a new top end rebuild.I wont use it at all for running in an engine either..

Spartan · DTR Senior Member

Is it just me or have halfords stopped selling the Castrol TTS semi oil, all i can find now is this:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_263653_langId_-1_categoryId_165507#dtab

Says scooter on the front, never used to. It's still a semi i think, but is it alright to use in me DT still i'm wondering?

-- Edited by Spartan on Saturday 30th of April 2011 04:27:00 PM

mammoth200 · DTR Senior Member

Castrol have discontinued TTS in a way, they have re-branded it Castrol Racing 2T, comes in a gold bottle. I'm not 100% sure if Halfrauds have it in stock yet, I didn't see any in my local yesterday, but if all else fails, www.opieoils.co.uk they sell ANY oil thats worth having

Spartan · DTR Senior Member

Yeah i did see that one there mammoth, Racing 2T but it's fully synthetic. I visited 3 different halfords today whilst out riding lol thinking they were out of stock but all had the same. Racing 2T - fully or scooter - semi.

Might have to switch which is a proper bummer as i liked the castrol and prefer the semi :)

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

in my ts i use some cheapish semi crap from my local bike shop witch happens to really be a scooter shop and iv had no problems at all and iv been useing it a year now ill probly get something better for my dt but any red/pink ish 2 stroke is good and for runing in i use the cheapest crap i have found its £2.50 for half a liter from walkinsons and that run in my last bore and 3 or 4 of my mates scooter bores just perfect

the only way is YAMAHA DTR · Guru

mobile 1 or rock oil, used cooking oil in my aerox 50 lol

Energized · DTR Legend

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Can't beat some good 'ol crisp 'n dry eh? LOL

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

lol haha your lucky it dident block the 2t pipe with a dit of chip lol

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