Which Parrafin?

[walti]

Having read on another thread in this forum that I should use recycled car oil in my engine for the winter, and this should be diluted with parrafin, i was wondering which type of parrafin to use?

Could you also tell e the rate of dilution as I would hate for my oil to freeze (should the weather ever get cold this year)

This is for my 04 1200GS if that makes any difference.

Oh, and while I'm asking should I use Swan or safety matches to light the parrafin once it's in the engine?

 

[(RIP) Proff]

Having read on another thread in this forum that I should use recycled car oil in my engine for the winter, and this should be diluted with parrafin, i was wondering which type of parrafin to use?

Could you also tell e the rate of dilution as I would hate for my oil to freeze (should the weather ever get cold this year)

This is for my 04 1200GS if that makes any difference.

Oh, and while I'm asking should I use Swan or safety matches to light the parrafin once it's in the engine?

28 sec kerosene should be fine
In a 1200>>> neat
You are better off using a Flare to ignite as you may also be saved from a cold frosty death
Soak any rags you have in the surplus, and when it breaks down, at least you can keep warm whilst waiting for yellow truck by setting fire to the rags

 

[Packer]

I'm with Proff on this but would add that if you accidentally drop one of the burning rags on the generous amounts of plastic fitted to the 12GS you soon won't need to wait for the truck with yellow lights, you'll also be much warmer, particularly as the tank joins the fun, and you can then find a nice late model 1150

 

[ELIMINATOR]

This is a nostalgia trip. I remember as a kid,collecting the parrafin from the parrafin man, when he turned up in his van. I was always fascinated by the twin glass cylinders, I still like the smell. Kitchen was heated by a parrafin stove, so was the hall. When it was bathtime, the kitchen heater was taken upstairs to the bathroom. Ah memories.

 

[Tarka]

Pink paraffin is what you need....I`m sorry,I forgot to speify this in my original post.

You should drain the bike`s engine oil and then fill the engine with pink paraffin up to the oil filler hole.

Start the engine and rev it to 6000rpm for two minutes.

Ignore the oil warning light as that only applies to oil.

Drain the paraffin and then add the used car oil to the proper level for your bike.
It must be previously used,black engine oil as this flows better through the smaller oil galleries in a bike engine.

Add a pint of paraffin in sub zero temperatures.

 

[walti]

........and you can then find a nice late model 1150

Is there such a thing?

 

[Yoda]

I've got some paraffin left over from when I last cleaned the chain on the 12GS. Would this be suitable?

 

[cookie]

Pink paraffin is what you need...

i think pink is a bit

wouldn't blue be better in the more manly adventure models?

 

[Steptoe]

This is a nostalgia trip. I remember as a kid,collecting the parrafin from the parrafin man, when he turned up in his van. I was always fascinated by the twin glass cylinders, I still like the smell. Kitchen was heated by a parrafin stove, so was the hall. When it was bathtime, the kitchen heater was taken upstairs to the bathroom. Ah memories.

Bingo . Parrafin man used to come around every weds night. Always had the "Blue" . One and sixpence a gallon.

3 gallons, kept next to the fire, so you could find it. H&S, whats that .

 

[Hew]

I am having problems finding any paraffin do you think I would get the same results if I use white spirits. B+Q have it on special offer so I should be able to save a few quid.

 

[Blue Sweeper]

Pink paraffin is what you need.............

Err, I'm sorry but this is lost on me using this paraffin stuff. Why not just wash out the old oil with used dishwasher water together with a generous dose of washing up liquid! :flush

 

[(RIP) Proff]

Bingo . Parrafin man used to come around every weds night. Always had the "Blue" . One and sixpence a gallon.

3 gallons, kept next to the fire, so you could find it. H&S, whats that .

what has 4 bums and keeps you warm ?????



Bum bum bum bum, Esso Blue!! As the jingle used to go !!

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Steptoe, I can almost smell the parrafin stove burning when the wick was knackered & producing a yellow flame, ah, that inimitable smell.

Bread man used to let himself in the house. The front door key was on a piece of string behind the letterbox.

Fruit & veg. man used . Hang on. I'm off to beackchat & bollacks to start a nostalgia thread

 

[Gas'd Off]

I've got some paraffin left over from when I last cleaned the chain on the 12GS. Would this be suitable?

Definitely as all the bits of grit and stuff help to scour out all the oil ways and clean the main bearings, it may also be a good idea to add some swarf or sand if your chain was already quite clean

 

[Noddy]

Bum bum bum bum, Esso Blue!! As the jingle used to go !!

I can remember, dunno were the feck from

Good morning madam, I am your Esso Blee Dooler

 

[Colban]

Definitely as all the bits of grit and stuff help to scour out all the oil ways and clean the main bearings, it may also be a good idea to add some swarf or sand if your chain was already quite clean

Why not add a couple of shredded scouring pads to the oil.They seem to clean up pots and pans OK.