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<blockquote data-quote="ABV9750" data-source="post: 3088820" data-attributes="member: 9375"><p>amyazid,</p><p></p><p>what do you mean of 40/50? 10W is the oil viscosity.lower the number oil is thinner and expensive.for old engine, mecjanic recommend 20W50 which suite for your GL BUT</p><p>suzuki engine use hydraullic tappet which using the oil to auto adjust the tappet clerance.hence prefer lighter oil as good as 15W40 or if your engine is in good shape, try 10W30 which is recommend for 3 cylinder like kancil.</p><p>the end number 30,40,50,60 is the oil strength..bigger the number is better but this one only applicable for racing/rally purpose.normal drive, 30 to 50 is ok.</p><p>for old engine, if use lighter oil, it will leaks faster and become worst if you high revs fequently.</p><p></p><p>in your case, i'm not sure whether its from the engine itself. because if the engine problem, in idle or revs a bit, you will hear a rough noise...white smoke or worst case, less compression and lead to no acc power..if the engine die at 2nd gear, try check other source like carb tuning. cause if it doesn't tune well, you are runnnig rich with fuel or check your plug-cable-distributor..if the plug not good, the mixer becoming too much fuel or your piston ring-valveseal already leak which cause the oil entering the combustion and clodge the plug.</p><p>check also the vacuum hose..carb engine use a lot of vacuum as a engine tuning.</p><p></p><p>send to dzz..he knows what to do..if you don't have the ability to troubleshoot yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ABV9750, post: 3088820, member: 9375"] amyazid, what do you mean of 40/50? 10W is the oil viscosity.lower the number oil is thinner and expensive.for old engine, mecjanic recommend 20W50 which suite for your GL BUT suzuki engine use hydraullic tappet which using the oil to auto adjust the tappet clerance.hence prefer lighter oil as good as 15W40 or if your engine is in good shape, try 10W30 which is recommend for 3 cylinder like kancil. the end number 30,40,50,60 is the oil strength..bigger the number is better but this one only applicable for racing/rally purpose.normal drive, 30 to 50 is ok. for old engine, if use lighter oil, it will leaks faster and become worst if you high revs fequently. in your case, i'm not sure whether its from the engine itself. because if the engine problem, in idle or revs a bit, you will hear a rough noise...white smoke or worst case, less compression and lead to no acc power..if the engine die at 2nd gear, try check other source like carb tuning. cause if it doesn't tune well, you are runnnig rich with fuel or check your plug-cable-distributor..if the plug not good, the mixer becoming too much fuel or your piston ring-valveseal already leak which cause the oil entering the combustion and clodge the plug. check also the vacuum hose..carb engine use a lot of vacuum as a engine tuning. send to dzz..he knows what to do..if you don't have the ability to troubleshoot yourself. [/QUOTE]
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