Engine oil Or Motor oil is used to lubricate engine of your Bike and protect it from frictional loss and power also to keep the engine running cool and clean from inside so that less carbon deposit develop and bike runs smooth. and keep low frict
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Engine oil Or Motor oil is used to lubricate engine of your Bike and protect it from frictional loss and power also to keep the engine running cool and clean from inside so that less carbon deposit develop and bike runs smooth. and keep low friction inside the engine component
There are 3 types of engine oils
1) Mineral(Motor) Oil= which is extracted from Petroleum base
2) Semi Synthetic oil= Combination of Petroleum base+ synthesized chemical
compounds(Man made)
3) Fully Synthetic Oil= Fully synthesized chemical compounds(Man made) which do not have
any Petroleum base and added special additives for extra performance.
Engine oils comes with various grades from 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 or 60 viscosity(Thickness) e.g 5w50 engine oil 5 denotes the temperature at which the oil will maintain its viscosity and if the temperature drops than that it will tend to become solid.
W denotes the Winter temperature and 50 denotes the Kinematic viscosity(time taken by the specific amount of fluid to flow at a horizontal surface).
There are some standards that should be maintained buy the manufacturer so that the quality and performance of the product can be maintained. there are various institutes which makes these standards like API(AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE) Or JASO(JAPANESE AUTOMOTIVE STANDARD ORGANIZATION) in INDIA we use API and JASO
Mineral oil drain intervals are between 1000-2000KM where as semi synthetic lasts up to 2000-3500 and Full Synthetic extends up to 6500(Personal Use) but it also depends on your driving habits and weather conditions. Full synthetic oils helps to reduce frictions within inner parts of the engine at very high temperature and also they maintain their viscosity at that temperature hence bike gives good power delivery and mileage compared to mineral oil
There are various manufacturers in market like CASTROL, MOTUL,OWS, MOBIL1 to name few
I have used CASTROL MOTUL OWS oil in my PULSAR 180(UG4) and found OWS and Motul to be best CASTROL made engine to get very hot I dont know why(personal opinion) and I want to mention that what I am saying is for not any kind of promotion or advertisement.
Hope this help all.
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