Well 'oil' be damned

Have you put or been tempted to put car oil into your Scoot?

I spotted 4 litres of Castrol Magnatec 5W30 A1 Oil for half price - £15 at halfords and wondered...
(EDIT:) Tesco is currently offering 4 litre Carlube Triple R 5w30 and 10w40 Semi Synthetic engine oils for a mere £10!

It has been suggested that scooters should be fine. The reason they have motorcycle specific oil is because regular car oil has friction modifiers in it for fuel efficiency reasons. In motorcycles with oil bath clutches these friction modifiers can cause them to slip. However most scooters have external centrifugal clutches that would not be affected.

What d'ya think?

When I'm feeling down I often think about putting car oil in my mana and diesal

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Wolf wrote:When I'm feeling down I often think about putting car oil in my mana and diesal

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I do

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I've used "car" oil without a problem for some years.

Me too....I have put Carlube semi synth in since i have had the scoot;
I also used it in my CBR1000f and the VFR too with no clutch slip problems.

What scoot/bike do u have?

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[quote="Clive"]Me too....I have put Carlube semi synth quote]

Me too

Think car oil would be ok in Mana

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Wolf wrote:Think car oil would be ok in Mana

Yep, smear it all over the electrics to keep them from rusting....