Oil Filter Help!

MWPMWP · Post by **MWPMWP** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:33 pm

I have a Buddy 125 and need help with my oil filter. Where does everyone else buy their filters? What brand? What size? This is my first filter change and it doesn't seem that any retail stores in my area carry the scooter filters. Thanks![/b]

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:47 pm

Looks like the 125 (and 150) use the Vespa-style filter. $9.95 at ScooterWorks. I just picked one up (along with some Motul) at my dealer yesterday.

Scooterworks says it applies to the following:
Genuine
Blur 150
Blur 220i
Buddy 125
Buddy 150
Piaggio
Fly 150
Vespa - Modern
ET4 150
GT200
LX150/LXV

Thus, if you can find one for those Vespa/Piaggio models, you should be good.

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:55 pm

+1 to above.
I get mine at the dealership when they have the hex-head style in stock. Otherwise, I order them from Scooterworks. Haven't found them cheaper.

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:00 pm

+1 to above! Tocsik brings up an important point - there are two models of this filter, one with a 21mm nut on the end, the other with a sort of slot. The slotted models filter just fine, I hear, but here's the thing: unlike most automotive spin-on filters, these filters have a true O-ring (donut-shaped, round profile) rather than a flat-faced rubber washer. Thus, getting the thing torqued on correctly is somewhat important, because it takes more torque to compress the O-ring than it would to tighten down a comparable auto filter.

In order to 'do it right', you need a torque wrench to tighten it to 8Nm / 12 lb-ft. With the 21mm nut version, no big deal, just use the correct socket. With the slotted model, you can tighten it using the shaft of a screwdriver, but in order to use a torque wrench, you need a special socket that fits that slot.

So try to find the filter with the nut on the end, unless you want to order the slot socket at the same time.

MWPMWP · Post by **MWPMWP** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:47 pm

Got it!

I went to Amazon and Scooterworks has a page on there. I ordered the filter and it came in four days along with a box of Cherryheads! Haha

The best part is it's the socket top!

Thanks to everyone that replied to my original post.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:20 pm

^^^ As a guy who has changed 1000's of motorcycle oil filters. The nut on the end is the best invention EVER!...