Fully Synthetic

[ncmf 87]

I have to do an oil change soon.  I only have a can of fully synthetic left.  If I put this in, will it be better than recommended  and if so, whats the difference, or should I stick to recommended?

[poldark 1,557]

What mileage is your NC?

[Guest motorboy]

If you are asking If you can mix oIls I asume you mean you have 1 qt or liter left.Only if it Is the same brand,same weight no problem

[poldark 1,557]

I believe the only potential issue for using fully synth (in any bike) is that engines need to "bed-in" and fully synth can interfere with that process, so not recommended before you've done a fair mileage (hence my earlier query).

 

So you wouldn't use fully synth at 600 mile change, some people would suggest not until 10k plus, but I've no idea what the correct answer is.

[ncmf 87]

Thanks

I'm at 23k.

I was talking about dropping all the oil and replacing it with fully synthetic.

Is there any advantage in fully synthetic?

[poldark 1,557]

Well most people would say yes that fully is "better" than semi, others suggest the extra cost isn't necessarily worth paying unless you run a hign-spec engine/bike.

 

But the pricing difference these days seem pretty small, so using fully-synth might be a good idea.