Friday, July 26, 2013

Vespa PX 125 Gearbox oil change

Pretty simple task, but worth doing, since Fiametta (that's my Vespa's name) is new to me, and I don't know when or if the oil was last changed.

Engine cowl off


Loosen drain bolt


Let oil run into some sort of pan. I did this task with the engine hot, to get as much of the old dirty oil out as possible.


Reinsert the drain plug. The filler plug is this shiny flat head screw.


With filler plug removed.

 
 I bought SIP SAE 30 Gearbox Oil from the Vespa Cafe Krakow.


 Yeah, unfortunately it's not going to be as easy as this video.


The filler tube is larger than the filler hole, so I'm going to have to jam a tiny funnel in there


And squeeze the bottle to push the new oil into the gearbox


Tighten up the filler plug and that's it.










5 comments:

  1. It’s a good thing you had that tiny funnel handy, or it would’ve been one messy ordeal! Running it hot seems like a good idea to make it drain faster and help drag as much old oil out.

    Kenny

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  2. good tip is to use a syringe, one that used to fill printer ink will do. Tip

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  3. this is a great blog. hello from New Zealand!

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  4. a great blog this , i found this syringe on eBay which helped a great deal
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272770440345?var=571907075836

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  5. The syringe fill-up process is definitely the best way to go. I have gone about it the same way and it worked out just fine thus avoiding any slpash, drips or what not.

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