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General Discussion => Penton Talk => Topic started by: tomale on February 20, 2005, 07:49:43 PM

Title: A matter of oil
Post by: tomale on February 20, 2005, 07:49:43 PM
A friend of mine's son has a 91 KTM 250 he said it was a DXE but that does not sound right to me. He is wanting to know how much oil is used in the Transmission. The manual says to use a 5-40 motor oil but that does not sound right either. Does it have a seperate chamber for the wet clutch? Like the bikes of old it has a allen screw on the side that is suppose to be used to check fluid level. ON my bikes I do not use that but rather add the correct amount of oil. Which is more than it would be if I used the inspection hole. He can not find the correct amount and is unsure about using motor oil for the transmission, any of you guys have any ideas? I know very little about a bike made after 1978 so I am not much help.

Thom Green,Still crazy after all these years!
76' 250 MC5 (orginal owner)
78' 400 MC5
Title: A matter of oil
Post by: DKWRACER on February 20, 2005, 07:55:57 PM
Thom, my 93 300 used 750 cc of Bel-ray 75 w Gearsaver....shared with the clutch and gearbox. Hope this gets you close, Tom...p/s there was such a thing called a DX
Title: A matter of oil
Post by: tomale on February 20, 2005, 08:52:30 PM
Thanks, I will relay the information.

Thom Green,Still crazy after all these years!
76' 250 MC5 (orginal owner)
78' 400 MC5