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Offline ninjamk

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Oil for TM250
« on: January 18, 2013, 05:09:52 pm »
Hi Guys,
What oil are you guys running in your TMs with the cci oil pump.  I consulted my manual and it says to run a self mixing sae 30 2t oil.  I was thinking of running Maxima Super M, but there are two types, the premix type which is sae 30, and the injector type which is sae20.  Would I be best off running the premix type, even though im using the pump, since its sae 30.  The book also recommended Castrol r30, but I though you were only supposed to premix bean oil..  Im probably over thinking this, but I dont like to gamble.
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Re: Oil for TM250
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2013, 06:12:31 pm »
I use Mobil 1 Racing 2T in my TM400
The spark plug is nice chocolate colour

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Re: Oil for TM250
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2013, 06:43:34 pm »
The R30 is fine in your pump, just do not mix it with any mineral oil.
 Use mineral injector pump oil as recommended . Cheers and great to see you have the lube pump in operation! ;)
« Last Edit: January 21, 2013, 10:28:18 pm by Tim754 »
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Re: Oil for TM250
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2013, 01:23:57 am »
I keep the pump for all my 2 strokes.  Every Suzuki that I have seen with a non working pump just needed to be primed.  So run oil specified for injector use, no matter what the viscosity is?

Thanks again.
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Offline Gerard De Ruyter (Twistandshout)

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Re: Oil for TM250
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2013, 02:51:40 pm »
Pardon my naivety, what is 'pump specific oil'?  (and brands/names).  asking as just finishing resto of an early TS/TM250 for dirt track racing.
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Re: Oil for TM250
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2013, 08:28:35 pm »
Can run just about any 2T oil in a pump in our climate.
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Re: Oil for TM250
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2013, 09:00:28 pm »
As Loz says most oils are fine..some specific ultra high performance 2 stroke oils such as the castor/synthetic blend Castrol A747 are not recommended for oil pumps and this is stated on the back of the bottles. If in doubt read the bottle ;)
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