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Post by browny on Oct 4, 2005 20:37:45 GMT
Hey there, im coming up to my first 300miles on my scooter and realised it was time fir an oil change. I remember my cbt instructor saying its better to buy the expensive oil for 2 stroke engines from bike shops than it is to buy the cheaper 2 stroke engine oils from a supermarket/petrol station.
Is there really any difference?? Or would it be better to buy the £1 a small bottle from morrisons ;D
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Post by hypojam on Oct 4, 2005 20:39:52 GMT
these chinese scoots are nearly all 4 stroke engines so u need to get 4 stroke oil! the stuff you put in ya car will do! I put 10w-40 Castrol GTX Magnatec in my little chinese 4 stroke  DO NOT!!!!!! Put 2 stroke oil in your bike unless it is a 2 stroke engine! |
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Post by browny on Oct 4, 2005 20:47:19 GMT
Baotian BT50QT-9 is that a 2 or 4 stroke engine??? I thought it was 2
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Post by hypojam on Oct 4, 2005 20:48:08 GMT
does your bike look like my bike?
if it does then it 4 stroke guaranteed
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Post by browny on Oct 4, 2005 20:52:13 GMT
I dunno it looks abit like it but not alot. Im going to give the manual a good read through and see what pops up, ill let you know what i find  |
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Post by hypojam on Oct 4, 2005 20:55:01 GMT
 Ok well where the red arrow is pointing is where the oil has to go, about 800ml of oil needs to be put in there when you have drained the old stuff out! |
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Post by browny on Oct 4, 2005 20:55:41 GMT
It only gives you the graph at which engine oils work best in certain tempretures. Does this suggest to use normal car engine oil then??? And also what type of gear oil do i use?
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Post by browny on Oct 4, 2005 20:56:27 GMT
Yeah it must be the same then.Any ideas on gear oil?
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Post by hypojam on Oct 4, 2005 20:58:01 GMT
it deffinetly sounds like you have a good old 4 stroke!
I went up to halfords and spent 5 quid on a 1 litre bottle of 10w-40 scooter gear oil!
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Post by browny on Oct 4, 2005 20:59:14 GMT
Sounds good enough!!!! How much do you need? Does it take up all the bottle??
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Post by hypojam on Oct 4, 2005 21:01:48 GMT
110ml's of gear oil
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Post by browny on Oct 4, 2005 21:03:51 GMT
WoW shall last a while then
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Post by hypojam on Oct 4, 2005 21:04:41 GMT
yea the bottle should last for the whole of the life of the bike
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Post by browny on Oct 4, 2005 21:06:24 GMT
i think ive got some 15w-40 oil in a bottle that we used for our car so ill just pinch some of that!!
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Post by hypojam on Oct 4, 2005 21:07:53 GMT
that stuff will do the job!
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Post by onamission1989 on Oct 5, 2005 21:12:13 GMT
i used shell 4 stroke motorcycle oil for 5.99
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Post by r08813 on Oct 6, 2005 11:40:06 GMT
I Used castrol 4 stroke Bike oil I found for sale at Asda - about £5. Only because I saw it next to the other oil.
For the next service I'll just get a 5l can of car oil, with the same spec.
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