Oil recommendation
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Any decent 20/50w and treat yourself to one of Shauns ( LJ2 on here) oil filter covers with magnetic drain plug .
I’m using Silkolene Silkolube- most 20/50w you buy now is better than back in the day.
I’m using Silkolene Silkolube- most 20/50w you buy now is better than back in the day.
No upgrade to filtration possible.
There's the big mesh "filter" but also centrifugal cleaning of the oil in the crank.
Only remedy is to change oil at shortish intervals which should lead you to avoid expensive stuff. ( and clean the crank out every 300 000 km )
Paul
There's the big mesh "filter" but also centrifugal cleaning of the oil in the crank.
Only remedy is to change oil at shortish intervals which should lead you to avoid expensive stuff. ( and clean the crank out every 300 000 km )
Paul
Paul is correct, majority of the oil filtration is carried out by the oil slingers on the crank webs
We machine our own CNC Version of the sump plate with magnetic sump plug for the 500 and 750 engines but in reality it does not achieve that much as the magnetic sump plug is situated inside of the strainer itself so does not capture that much debris, especially if the engine has a major failure
Thanks for replying, have pm’d you.
marty.
Hi Paul,
just checking, is that 300,000 km? (186,000miles),that really reinforces the well deserved reputation for longevity!
and just out of curiosity, does anyone know (approximately) what’s the highest mileage laverda 750 twin still in use?
regards,
marty.
There's one out there, the owner claims to have more than 400 000 km on the original bottom end.
Paul
Will of course depend upon whether the oil slingers are full or not.
When they're full, "bang" is on the way.
So regular oil changes and no untoward event sending bits of swarf all over the place.
Paul