Engine Oil

I use 15/50 fully synthetic in my 1198 and 996, never had a problem.

 

Oh no . . . Which oil? . . . Not again .

Has nobody ever thought of using the search function on this noble forum? Type in 'which oil' and spend the next six months reading the replies . . . Then go and make your own mind up

 

If only we still had tax discs. I miss those "where shall I put my tax disk on my <enter-bike-model-here>?" posts!

 

Samurai, I just did as suggested and the search function is entirely useless, perhaps that is why. Try it yourself and see what you get

For the OP use fully synthetic as suggested by Ducati, you can get a forum discount at Opie Oils https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/forums/opie-oils.65/

 

im always up for helping people no matter how many times the question has been asked. we all need help some times (some need more than others mind!).

 

A lot of us use Motul 300v, I use a 15w/50 blend. I'm sure there are others just as good, certainly for for road use.

 

Well that was a lot of help, you forgot which oil .
Steve

 

Doesn't make any difference really as long as the spec is the same, I've used rock oil, mobil and fuchs. No difference in any of um.

 

Ok, fair point, but try putting in 'fully synth oil' and you'll get about six pages worth! There are probably loads more if you can be bothered to change the search criteria a bit.

I must admit that the old website seemed to have a better search function. This one seems over complicated, but just use a couple of variations on the key words an you'll come up with most common stuff like this subject.

At least we don't have any tax disc questions anymore! Maybe stuff like this ought to be placed in a FAQ or 'Sticky' threads like other forums?

 

Absolutely agree, a small technical section with manuals, torque settings, alternative parts would be useful for reference

 

Best way to search on this forum is use Google and type Ducati forum at the end of the search string.

 

Could you please show us evidence of the oil related failures that you know about relating to Fuchs oil? Without this information your preferences are quite worthless advice.

 

If the engine is ran in, yep fully synth'

 

@Mr.R fair point mate, I'm just going on my personal uses of the oil i have used in the past, I belive that it's the frequency you change the oil rather than shelling out mega bucks on any one brand . Again only going on my experience, I think oil is one of those subjects that could rage for eternity bit like favourite tyres

 

Motul 7100 is their top road oil iirc Good stuff