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Post by baotian on Oct 15, 2005 13:55:48 GMT
yes you have a point there, as i am only keeping it for 2.5 years max, do you think i should do my best in servicing it myself (eg the engine oil, and transmission oil etc) i have downloaded the service manual, but it all seems a bit of a head ache, there is so many pages, and alot of it is not that clear, what does everyone else do? do you do the best to do it yourself or let the pros do it, but you say pros, alot of them are cowboys anyway
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Post by Ginger Phil on Oct 15, 2005 14:00:20 GMT
When I took my Taishan to a garage the guy said he'd only change the engine oil and transmission oil - he wanted £30 to do it even though I already had a full bottle of oil in my shed at home so what was the point in paying £30?
On the other hand I got my Peugeot serviced a few weeks ago as it has a 2 year warranty. Basically I think if your scooter hasn't got a warranty (and none of these Chinese bikes have what you'd call a proper warranty) I wouldn't bother getting a garage to do the servicing.
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Post by baotian on Oct 15, 2005 14:42:31 GMT
no i dont think i will now, cheers for the advice
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Post by Ginger Phil on Oct 15, 2005 14:47:33 GMT
no i dont think i will now, cheers for the advice Good move, just do the routine maintenance yourself and you'll be fine. I think most people get scooters & cars serviced so that it looks good to a potential buyer when the time comes to sell up. I'd love to live in this wonderful fairy tale world where you take your vehicle to a garage and they check every nut & bolt but it simply doesn't happen. A service involves changing the oils, topping up any fluids and that's pretty much it.
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Post by baotian on Oct 15, 2005 15:23:43 GMT
yea thats it phil , and becasue its my baby, its nice to spend some time with her, and go around checking most things, thats whats fun about owning a scooter i suppose
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Post by drzoom on Oct 15, 2005 22:17:41 GMT
bear in mind that the engine valves will probably need adjusting after a while as the engine beds in. I did all the simple service jobs on my Adly 125cc as there were no dealers, but eventually I found it getting harder and harder to start up and it's top speed was decreasing. Took it to a local garage for them to have a look and he adjusted the engine valves. It was like having a new bike. The valves might have been a fairly simple job, but things like that I tend to leave to the experts !
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Post by ianf6512 on Oct 17, 2005 12:34:14 GMT
Serviced both of ours at the weekend, Total cost for both scooters was £15 That included the Engine Oil, Gear Oil and 2 new NGK Spark Plugs. Tried to charge the kids for 2 hours labour at my normal hourly rate, but they weren’t having it ;D Apparently dads are supposed to do things like that for free Word of warning for anyone else thinking of doing it themselves, the Baotian Manual states one litre of engine oil on one page and 0.8l on another page. The actual figure is 0.8l which I found out after pouring a full litre bottle in and then realising the dipstick was swamped with oil. This then led to a further draining and re-load (You live and learn ). Ian.
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Post by Scootin on Oct 20, 2005 16:31:04 GMT
Word of warning for anyone else thinking of doing it themselves, the Baotian Manual states one litre of engine oil on one page and 0.8l on another page. The actual figure is 0.8l which I found out after pouring a full litre bottle in and then realising the dipstick was swamped with oil. This then led to a further draining and re-load (You live and learn ). Ian. I just ran afoul of that oil quantity discrepancy myself last Sunday. I too poured in the whole bottle & had to drain off some. It was my first attempt at changing the oil. That drain plug is a real biatch to get back in! Had one hand on the socket wrench & the other over the seat, pushing for all I was worth on that plug. Neighbors probably thought I was having a little love with my scoot! ;D
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