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Lammy1000

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Oil Change Every 620 miles Really Needed?
« on: September 05, 2010, 08:08:12 PM »
The People 150 Service manual shows changing oil every 1000 km / 600 miles.  This seems excessive, as my Honda Reflex shows oil changes every 4000 miles.

I tend to change oil more frequently than required and I thought every 1000 miles on the Kymco and every 1200 miles on the Honda would work, esp w/synthetic oil.

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Re: Oil Change Every 620 miles Really Needed?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2010, 08:59:55 PM »
The People 150 Service manual shows changing oil every 1000 km / 600 miles.  This seems excessive, as my Honda Reflex shows oil changes every 4000 miles.

I tend to change oil more frequently than required and I thought every 1000 miles on the Kymco and every 1200 miles on the Honda would work, esp w/synthetic oil.

I change it on People every 3-4.000 kms and on Agility every 2-3.000 kms.
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Re: Oil Change Every 620 miles Really Needed?
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2010, 10:23:10 PM »
Most of the service techs I've spoken with say the oil change is good once the initial service is done (300-500 miles).  After the initial service, it should be done at least once every 2K so 1.2K to 1.5K is not terribly excessive.  I hear some suggest doing the gear oil at the same time where others recommend once every other oil change.

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Re: Oil Change Every 620 miles Really Needed?
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2010, 11:25:22 PM »
There was an oil issue brought up here recently, and Kymco replied to an inquiry to look for a sticker on the scoot and go by what it says there if the service manual is wrong. May not be your problem-just a thought.

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Re: Oil Change Every 620 miles Really Needed?
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 03:56:11 AM »
..52,000 kms on my 08 agility 50...

..oil changed every 500-650 miles....
..every mod (action) necessitates a (reaction) mod..

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Re: Oil Change Every 620 miles Really Needed?
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2010, 06:09:35 AM »
On my P250, I have the little service indicator that goes green to red, I change the oil when it gets to red.  The oil is usually pretty dark by then.  It's only 20 minutes and 5 bucks to change.  I think that is every 2000km.

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