• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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When do most of you guys change your oil when using the recommended synthetic ?

obchris

obchris

Husqvarna
B Class
The manual for my 07' TE 450 says (after I do the conversion) 3,000 miles ? Seems way too long. Heck I bought it with just under 2,900 miles on it. I like to add I'm not hard on the engine or racing it. Just a semi daily rider.
 
Every other ride unless it's a long weekend. Not much oil in there and your clutch fibers are mixing with it. 1 gallon of Mobil1 0w-40 is only $22 at Walmart. Cheap insurance to in my opinion.
 
If I'm reading the WSM for 2007 right (...and I may not be) they recommend every 16hours if you're racing enduro. I figure I average 20mph riding and most people average 30-35mph. so figure somewhere between 350 to 550 miles between changes; that's dust & high heat. Low power, conservative riding: 1000-2000miles. Barely ride: once a year at least. Filter change every time- it's cheap.

3000 miles is a bit too long, IMHO. Unless you're doing it in, for example, 10 easy days. The way you describe your riding: I'd go every 750-1000 miles or until I needed to add oil (if it's NOT an oil burner).

good luck.
 
Yeah 3000 miles is way too long, i don´t know that time Husqvarna was saying oil change is 5000 km, if you change engine intervals in about 10 000 km, i mean in street use. I usually change in 500-800 km=312-500 miles, depending how hard is that ride, i use in street my smr, filter change every time. I use Valvoline 10W50 4T-synpower API-Sm
 
Trenchcoat85 said:
If I'm reading the WSM for 2007 right (...and I may not be) they recommend every 16hours if you're racing enduro. I figure I average 20mph riding and most people average 30-35mph. so figure somewhere between 350 to 550 miles between changes; that's dust & high heat. Low power, conservative riding: 1000-2000miles. Barely ride: once a year at least. Filter change every time- it's cheap.

3000 miles is a bit too long, IMHO. Unless you're doing it in, for example, 10 easy days. The way you describe your riding: I'd go every 750-1000 miles or until I needed to add oil (if it's NOT an oil burner).

good luck.
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Thanks ! I think 350-550 makes A LOT more sense .
 
Thanks to everyone that has replied. It REALLY helped. This forum/website is great & I know I'll be asking a lot more questions in the future. This forum is really necessary as the manuals can be a little missleading.
Thanks again everyone !!
 
Drop a zero off of the end and you will be in the ball park. 300 miles between oil change is more like it.
 
obchris said:
Thanks to everyone that has replied. It REALLY helped. This forum/website is great & I know I'll be asking a lot more questions in the future. This forum is really necessary as the manuals can be a little missleading.
Thanks again everyone !!
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I changed my 2010 TE450 every 1000 miles, ended up getting over 20000 miles out of the bike with no oil related issues.
 
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