What shock oil do you use?

[Tezcat]

Originally Posted by Stu

I bought a job lot of 10wt & 20wt oil from a manufacturer of MTB shocks.
I mixed it together to make 30wt.
It seems OK, maybe a little thinner than normal 30wt, but it was cheap and I have 7 litres of it.

I would have thought that this would make 15wt.

(10+20)/2=15. No idea if oils follow maths

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by digitrc

The great thing about that oil is that you can get almost any weight you want just from the two basic oils.

If you start with the 20wt, but add an equal amount of 20wt - you get 40wt. Add the 10wt again and you've got 50wt!

And like you said, it is awesome value and will last a lifetime.

Well I had a bottle of 40wt, divided it into two bottles of 20wt.

[simoncrabb]

I needed some 30wt, but only had 40wt, so just 3/4 filled the shock.

[Neil Skull]

Originally Posted by Stu

I bought a job lot of 10wt & 20wt oil from a manufacturer of MTB shocks.
I mixed it together to make 30wt.
It seems OK, maybe a little thinner than normal 30wt, but it was cheap and I have 7 litres of it.

Thats hilarious

You wont have anywhere near 30wt. butttt!!!!!tttt it does not matter unless you are looking for set up changes to improve handling.

[Neil Skull]

I read this thread cause it makes me smile.

There is an independant report somewhere!! i thought was on buggysport but i cant find.

It compared all the oil manufacturers for quailty and accuracy of ratings.
One stood out as being best. one on the poll was very good too.

Im sure someone will find and share !!!
Im not the right person to give un-biased advice.

but for bashers and begginers cheap oil is fine!! just be aware that for racers who want to change oil from from example 30 to 35 or even 40 to get harder shocks. The only way to be sure of actually getting this change is to have oil which is exactly what is says on the bottle!! Sadly most isnt!!

The worst thing to do is have oil of different makes!!!!

How many times have you guys been using a cheap brand of oil or 2 makes of oil made a shock oil change and did not get result you was expecting?? you spend ages thinking you built wrong trying to improve!!!!

Still cant believe Kyosho oil is not mentioned in the poll as well sell plenty of it!!!!

also some other good ones missing in the poll too.