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Post by kavid2013 on Apr 28, 2013 19:38:13 GMT -5
How often are you supposed to change your engine oil?
and how often DO YOU change your engine oil?
My scoot is 50cc Chinese.
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Post by skuttadawg on Apr 28, 2013 19:58:53 GMT -5
Change it from the very start BEFORE riding as many have crappy shipping oil . Also change the gear lube . Most use 10w40 in the engine and 80w90 aka GL5 in the gears . Simply let the engine warm up and get a oil catch pan at any autoparts store to catch the old oil . Some have two drain plugs . Most use 750mls or almost 3/4 a quart . To check the level one filled and started up then shut down , remove the dipstick , wipe it and insert it WITHOUT screwing it in . Now my Echarm the dipstick needs to be screwed in . The oil catch pan is great way to not make a mess as it has a wide open mouth on a side with a spout to pour it out . Any oil change place has to take your used oil as they resell it to refineries .
New and after initial oil change change at 250 or so miles . Will have ring dust in it and on the second time too . Amounts will vary on break in method . I change mine at every 1,000 miles but you can go by the color as its golden when new and will blackened when it needs to be changed . All black it is past due for changing . Make sure to clean the oil screen everytime since these scooters do not have a oil filter like a car does
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Post by bwader on Apr 28, 2013 20:20:27 GMT -5
A lot of auto parts stores you can take your oil and dump it in their oil tank.
Advance and Autozone I know for a fact. I usually get an odd or end on that trip to.
If these scooters had an actual oil filter like a car, that would be nice and I'd expect a little longer interval for an oil change.
Like skuttadawg said more often for PDI and durig break-in period then 1,000 miles after that. Or when you check the oil and it doesn't look good. Its a good indicator of your engine
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Post by onewheeldrive on Apr 28, 2013 21:16:44 GMT -5
Change it from the very start BEFORE riding as many have crappy shipping oil . Also change the gear lube . I agree. You never know what kind is in there, and it's hard to tell how much gear oil is in there, or what kind, unless you put it in yourself. I try to change mine at least every 1,000km. I may just drop it down to 750km this time around. Probably be about 3 weeks before I can ride mine, since it needs rebuilt. |
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Post by arkansasbms on Apr 28, 2013 22:17:53 GMT -5
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Post by domindart on Apr 29, 2013 0:47:45 GMT -5
Changing mine every 700 miles, ..I think ...
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Post by DaveC on Apr 29, 2013 10:15:56 GMT -5
When I first got mine, I changed the oil and it was like vegatable oil,and only about 1 qt, when it takes about 1.8 qts.
Same with the gear oil.
Will change at 500 miles which is the break in, and then every 1000 miles thereafter.
The GF's 150 Helix clone, I change at 1000 miles.
Got over 5000 trouble free miles on it now.
Only problems I've had with it, is her son wrecked it, rearended a car, and I had to do some ebay shopping for front plastic.
Got it fixed and she's back on the road again, but her son ain't touchin it.
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Post by hank on Apr 29, 2013 10:40:29 GMT -5
Hi
On my 4 t scoots i change engine oil every 250 to 500 miles gear oil every 750 to 1,000 miles, check and adjust valves every 1,000 miles or when engine performance is diminished
Take care and ride safely
Yours Hank
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Post by prodigit on Apr 29, 2013 11:09:19 GMT -5
I change mine at 50, 150, 300, 600 and 1000 km on the odo meter.
Then every consecutive 1000km's.
I find at 1000km, the oil is still good. At 1600km (1000 miles), the oil is more black (in a worse condition).
So far, my gear oil hasn't been changed much.
I change gear oil after the first 150 or 300km. Then every 3000km.
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Post by scooterelements on Apr 29, 2013 14:18:49 GMT -5
i change mine out every single month. scooter with some miles i always use amsoil sythetic 4 stroke oil works great.
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