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My dealer put in Castrol Power RS Racing 4T SAE 10W-50
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Motul 300V 15W 50 or 10W-40 depending on your weather.
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That's what the manual says, but I'm yet to see any Ducati dealer sell that oil.
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Its unavailable in the Usa...Maybe Canada too??
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That's what they put in our bikes down under..
ironically, I was just thinking to myself... Given the same grade of oil. ie sae 15-50.
What is the difference between Shell Helix Ultra and Shell Advance Ultra, other than price.
That's what they put in our bikes down under..
ironically, I was just thinking to myself... Given the same grade of oil. ie sae 15-50.
What is the difference between Shell Helix Ultra and Shell Advance Ultra, other than price.
The advance ultra 4 is a top tier synthetic. According to the Shell technical department it is a group IV PAO base stock.
The helix ultra is supposed to be a Group III hydrocracked mineral oil.
Depending upon who one talks to like Castrol or a US supreme court judge, if it's actually a Group III, it's a real synthetic oil.
Mobil has argued to their detriment, that it's not a real synthetic, and only a highly modified mineral oil.
Both are very good
According to the recommendation in the owners manual, Ducati would rather one uses the top tier oil in our machines.
The price is a good guide as to the quality.
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Pop into the dealer, they'll top it up for free. Mine did anyway.
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That's what I would do. If you have 10W-40 or 10W-50 handy that will work as well since you are still in the break-in period.
Absolutely correct.
Some oil is better than none.
Now consider this.
The manual states that there is a total of 3.7 litres of oil capacity. But you wont get 3.7 litres in when you do an oil change. I think it's more like 3.5 litres.
Also it takes about 125 ml of oil to go from the bottom line to the top line at the sight glass.
If you are currently at the bottom line(cold) then you are actually only about 125 ml less than the ideal amount. Don't panic at this, but by all means attend to it ASAP.
Think of it this way if you're down 125 ml out of 3.7 litres then it's not going to be absolutely critical.
In terms of oil grade, a 10w-40, 10w-50, 15w-50 or 20w-50 is going to be fine to top up with.
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that oil not available in the USA
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thats not it it comes with 15w50 not available in the us of a
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if you want to read about oil till your head explodes and oozzez the stuff
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again my 2 cents ams oil if money is an issue (feel its better then over the counter brands same price)
motul 300v if money is no object (even smells like bananas)
not really a huge difference in price maybe 5 bucks a qt or so
or you can go cheap with shell rotella t6 synthetic diesl however i dont want to open that topic again.
motul 300v if money is no object (even smells like bananas)
not really a huge difference in price maybe 5 bucks a qt or so
or you can go cheap with shell rotella t6 synthetic diesl however i dont want to open that topic again.
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