| Changing the oil in our Chinese scooter parts is vital in | | | | spring and oil screen and clean them off. Rinse the oil |
| ensuring its proper functioning. Most of us have the | | | | screen and hand dry. |
| tendency to ignore this and as a result end up | | | | Inspect the oil to see if it has a milky color. This would |
| burning-up our engines. When changing oil, we do not | | | | mean that there is water leaking in other parts of the |
| need to go to a mechanic.. Why spend money for | | | | scooter and should be taken to a mechanic to reseal |
| labor when we can change the oil ourselves? | | | | the gearbox. Otherwise, replace the oil screen, the |
| Before proceeding with the oil change, let’s make | | | | spring and the bolt to the bottom of the scooter. |
| sure we have everything we ned. We will need a | | | | A caution about adding oil: Don’t add too much oil. |
| socket set or adjustable wrench, and an oil collection | | | | We have had just as many burnt engines come to our |
| pan or mini container with a wide mouth (a cut-in-half | | | | repair shop due to people adding too much oil instead |
| open milk-carton works great). Of course, we will need | | | | of not having enough oil. |
| oil; we can use any type oil except 30 weight – use | | | | Start adding the oil. After you pour in some oil, stop |
| 10/40, 15/50 or any combination of a 10-15/40-50 | | | | and let the oil drain into the bottom for about 15 |
| weight – just don’t use a 30 weight. | | | | seconds before measuring. When measuring oil, the dip |
| To begin the scooter oil change, put the scooter on the | | | | stick does NOT need to be screwed in. Simply stick it |
| back stands so the scooter is level. Look for the larger | | | | in as far as possible without screwing it back into the |
| bolt under the scooter below the engine. When you | | | | oil spout and pull it out to see how much oil is on the |
| remove this large bolt, have your container ready to | | | | stick. Once the oil level is half way it is ok to stop |
| catch the oil. Once the bolt/cap come off, let it simply | | | | adding oil. A good tip is to start the scooter, let it run |
| drop into the container, as the spring and oil screen are | | | | for 1-2 minutes, shut it off and wait about 2 minutes. |
| also going to come out. Let it all fall into the container. | | | | Then recheck the dip stick to see the oil level. |
| Once the oil has stopped draining, remove the bolt, | | | | |