Cheap alternative oil filter

superseagulls · Post by **superseagulls** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:19 am

Hi All,

I did my first service today, 500 miles covered this week so I wanted to get it done asap! Anyway I went to the scooter Superstore http://www.sstam.com/ near Daytona, and requested the buddy 150cc oil filter, but they were out of stock. Remembering the Vespa LX150 filters also worked I asked if they had any Vespa filters. The salesman came back with 'HIFLO' ( www.hiflo.com) 'HF183' it was a good price - $8.95 so I purchased two.
Searching around tonight, I found some on Amazon and a few other places for around $5.50, the postage cost with the 3rd party seller on Amazon was expensive but there were other places out there. I installed one tonight and it worked all OK (refilled with fully synthetic), so may prove to be a reasonably priced alternative for folks!

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:36 am

Thax for the links and suggestions

Post by **illnoise** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:05 am

I just hate the slotted head on those (as opposed to the hex on OEM Sentec and Piaggio filters). Hard to get a grip on, can't use a torque wrench to get the torque right (not that you could fit a torque wrench onto it on the Blur…)

Obligatory filter links:
http://oopsclunkthud.com/ (tools to hand-tighten both types)
topic5887.html
(2 pages of mostly good info, conclusion: no big diff. Note the HiFlo box in one photo says "184" but 183 is the Piaggio/Genuine replacement)

More of my filter/oil rantings here:
topic5887.html

Bb

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:06 am

I just noticed it was the slotted filter, hate it as well, thanx for the additional links

Post by **Lostmycage** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:37 am

The stock PGO (hex head) filter runs around $9. I wouldn't buy the slotted filters, there's just no sense in it.