Type of oil?? 87 Honda Elite SE 50s

Rodfish1 · Post by **Rodfish1** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:17 am

I know I should know and I know I'm a noob, but I don't know what kind of oil to put into my 87 Honda Elite SE 50s. Help please...

keithw · Post by **keithw** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:45 am

In the oil tank use 2 stroke injector oil. Honda makes a good one. Pre-mix oil will cause problems.

keithw

GIJoeBob · Post by **GIJoeBob** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:23 pm

Synthetic will do better for you.

teeoce · Post by **teeoce** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:52 pm

keithw wrote:In the oil tank use 2 stroke injector oil. Honda makes a good one. Pre-mix oil will cause problems.

keithw

What is the difference between injector oil and pre-mix oil? What problems will be caused?

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:57 pm

premix oil is thicker, it dont always flow fast enough, Burns different, allot of carbon builds up on head and in the tail pipe.

Honda Gn2 (2 stroker injector oil) is far none the best you can get, it burns great, leaving almost no smoke, and making a single plug last what seems like forever.

I used crappy gas station 2 stroke oil for a while, it really was bad. Smoked allot. I went though tons of spark plugs, Im sure it did some other damage im not aware of. I switched to honda Gn2 and ill never go back.

Now dont get me wrong, honda stuff cost allot, like $7 vs $2 gas station stuff. But how little you use of it, its worth paying extra.

teeoce · Post by **teeoce** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:46 pm

Man I wish I would have known that for the past 9 years. I have always just used the two stroke pre-mix oil that you get for like $4 from auto zone or wherever. Thanks for the info. So I should buy the Honda stuff when using the injector...but if I run premix then use the normal cheap oil? What if you premix the Honda oil, just a waste of money?

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:12 pm

i use honda all around, the honda stuff is premix or injector.
but when it comes to premixing, i really dont know the difference, all i know is that honda stuff burns super clean, and gas station stuff leaves carbon and what not. So in theory, honda stuff is best to use with an injector or premix.