What oil can i use in my scooter

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Iam just wondering what engine oil can i use it has in the manual

Engine oil type: (API SERVICE SE,OR HIGHER) but does not state the grade of oil to use and type oil any help much would be appriciated

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what kind of oil are you talking about? the oil in your gas (2 stroke) or the oil in your engine?

in my vespas, i use SAE 30 non-detergent in the crank case and amsoil dominator (my bikes are both kitted) in the gas.
 
Nothing listed in the owner's manual? I know some of those "small" engines are very picky and particularly don't like the "energy conserving" oils - but the thing is, most oils ARE labeled "energy conserving" nowadays - I think the only ones that aren't "energy conserving" are SAE 30, and some of the higher weight oils.
 
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Nothing listed in the owner's manual? I know some of those "small" engines are very picky and particularly don't like the "energy conserving" oils - but the thing is, most oils ARE labeled "energy conserving" nowadays - I think the only ones that aren't "energy conserving" are SAE 30, and some of the higher weight oils.
From my experience, most scooters don't share the engine & tranny oil the way the bigger motorcycles do. My Kymco scooter manual makes no mention of avoiding energy-conserving oils, it just says use 10W-40 oil.

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What I use in mine (Yamaha, Honda, Chinese, etc.) is Rotella T 15w40 - or maybe T6 (5w40) in cold weather. It's hard to beat the price/quality mark with HDEO's. Since most scooters have a CVT, they continuously run high rpm's and need all of the protection they can get - more so if yours is air-cooled.

Of course, i've recently stocked up on DELO since many Wal-marts have it on Rollback for $8.50/gallon. Hard to go wrong at that price and a great oil to boot.
 
I just purchased a new 2010 Honda elite 110, I dumped the factory fill at 200 miles and decided to try shell rotella t5 10W30. Seems like a good stout oil for a scooter.
 
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