Hi,
Lets start with the information that I never had an aircooled vehicle before, only my hand and push mower are aircooled which do fine on 15W-40 Petro Canada Duron Xl HDEO.
My sister just bought her first scooter - guess she's more interested in 2 wheeled vehicles than cars - a Peugeot Django 125. Nice looking alternative to the Vespa, even tough I would have bought her a Vespa Sprint, but she's already settled on the Peugeot.
The engine is either made by Qiang Jang or is kind of close to the Sym Fiddle III 125. Fuel injected and Euro 4 compliant, so I would guess its rather lean and therefore hot running.
The manual calls for fully synthetic 5W40 - and that's the point I'm unsure about. I guess that engine will run hot - and I'm not too sure if I would use a 5W40 in it or not?
I thought aircooled engines need a thicker viscosity?
What would you run in that engine?
It's aircooled, hidden behind a lot of plastic fairings, with air holes tough and has a small ventilator on the side of the engine.
No oilfilter.
Money is absoluetly no issue here, it's my sisters first scooter, she loves it and it has an oil capacity of less than a quart. So I dont really care about the cost of the oil - so Amsoil, Maxima or Motul are floating in my head right now.
Thanks,
Alex
Lets start with the information that I never had an aircooled vehicle before, only my hand and push mower are aircooled which do fine on 15W-40 Petro Canada Duron Xl HDEO.
My sister just bought her first scooter - guess she's more interested in 2 wheeled vehicles than cars - a Peugeot Django 125. Nice looking alternative to the Vespa, even tough I would have bought her a Vespa Sprint, but she's already settled on the Peugeot.
The engine is either made by Qiang Jang or is kind of close to the Sym Fiddle III 125. Fuel injected and Euro 4 compliant, so I would guess its rather lean and therefore hot running.
The manual calls for fully synthetic 5W40 - and that's the point I'm unsure about. I guess that engine will run hot - and I'm not too sure if I would use a 5W40 in it or not?
I thought aircooled engines need a thicker viscosity?
What would you run in that engine?
It's aircooled, hidden behind a lot of plastic fairings, with air holes tough and has a small ventilator on the side of the engine.
No oilfilter.
Money is absoluetly no issue here, it's my sisters first scooter, she loves it and it has an oil capacity of less than a quart. So I dont really care about the cost of the oil - so Amsoil, Maxima or Motul are floating in my head right now.
Thanks,
Alex
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