Oil Change Honda Wave

[mooro_uk]

My bike is well overdue an oil change, but this is something I would like to do myself. Can anyone give me any instructions on how to do this. Do I need any tools? I really am clueless!!

Cheers

[loserlazer]

if it is a new bike, you have to go to honda official shop for oil change and follow service intervals for not losing your warranty.

if not, it is easy to do by yourself still easiest is going to a local shop and let them change the oil for free if you buy the oil from them.

[mooro_uk]

Thanks for your input. Unfortunately it's not a new bike and it's not under warranty anymore.

So if I want to do it myself, how would I go about it??

[papa al]

The safest bet for a person who is clueless, as you describe yourself to be would be:

1. Go to small shop and have them change oil and WATCH CLOSELY.

2. Go to Big C and buy some appropriate oil and a wrench, if none comes with your bike.

3. Go home and change your oil again, doing just like the shop did and making sure to dispose of drained oil properly. (maybe take to same shop)

That should be 90% fool proof way for you to change your own oil mooro. Good luck!

[mooro_uk]

Thanks Papa Al, sounds like a plan!

[cornishcarlos]

17mm ring spanner, an old plastic container, some new oil and you are good to go..

While the engine is still warm but not hot (that can be painful), remove the oil filler cap to allow air in, place the old plastic container under the engine, remove the oil drain plug (it's the big nut under the engine) with the 17mm wrench.

When all the oil has drained out, pour a little new oil in the filler to flush any residue out, replace the drain plug (check if the o-ring is in good condition 1st).

Fill with new oil, level is marked on the dip stick attached to the filler plug. Replace filler cap.

Should do ya !!

[mooro_uk]

Carlos that's fantastic advice. Thanks very much!!

[mooro_uk]

One more question, any recommendations on which oil should I get?

[thaicbr]

jeez. just go to a bike shop and get it changed much easier.

[harrry]

Any fool can do an oil change. FOr about 70baht at a dealer you also get spot lubrication everywhere it is needed, brakes and cables adjusted clutch adjusted chain checked..and probably not lubricated....etc.

If you know what you are doing do it yourself. If not find a good dealer.

[mooro_uk]

jeez. just go to a bike shop and get it changed much easier.

I'm sorry have your hands dropped off, I want to do it myself!

[loserlazer]

go forward and do it by yourself but please do not throw the old oil to your sewer, it is not good for environment besides, it might clog it.

[thaicbr]

Nope. But I'm also not dumb enough to want to waste sweat changing oil on a Wave when the bike shops do it for the cost of the oil. As loselazer says where are you going to get rid of the old oil????

[loserlazer]

Nope. But I'm also not dumb enough to want to waste sweat changing oil on a Wave when the bike shops do it for the cost of the oil. As loselazer says where are you going to get rid of the old oil????

cooking food maybe

or donating to a gogo bar for a female oil wrestling event ?

The first reason for me not doing the oil change at home is the old oil, there is nothing you can do. You cannot throw it, you cannot sell it.

the shops keep the used oils from oil changes in a barrel and sell them to some companies once the barrel is full. This way, more trees to hug and less sewers to get clogged.

Edited March 20, 2013 by loserlazer

[wantan]

Its always a good idea to service your bike yourself. Wave or not. And its fun too

What To Do With Used Oil From Oil Changes?

Engine oil & filter change

For a Wave i would just buy the standard Honda oil with blue cap (JASO MA 10W-30). Of course any other brand is fine too
It should be stated in the user manual what oil to use.

[wjmark]

If it already has over 8,000km, you should consider synthetic oil.

Edited March 20, 2013 by wjmark

[jayci]

If it already has over 8,000km, you should consider synthetic oil.

Why not use synthetic from the get go?

[harrry]

If it already has over 8,000km, you should consider synthetic oil.

Why not use synthetic from the get go?

standard is said to let the engine wear a little to run in.

[mooro_uk]

Thanks for the constructive and some not so constructive replies guys!

Synthetic oil sounds like the way forward as the bike has 15k on it now. I never knew that getting rid of it would be an issue, but now my missus and her friends will have no excuse for a "naked oil wrestling competition" every 6 months!

[wjmark]

My Wave has over 60,000km and is now part dirt-bike (see my profile pic). I put in synthetic at about 35,000, and I always drive it hard...

Still runs strong - no smoke - no noises. Great.

Personally, I would change the oil twice in quick succession - just to get rid of all the old oil and to ensure it is full of synthetic...

[loserlazer]

synthetic oil for wave is too much, wave is based for economy and a bottle of synthetic oil is around 300 - 400 thb

just get a bottle of castrol activ for 80 thb and it works very well you cannot even notice the difference.

there is no performance raise or something after pouring 400 thb synthetic oil to wave. But hey synthetic oil last longer and of course better for engine and if you love your bikes - i have a wave too - like me you can

[papa al]

wjmart: Petroleum and synthetic oils are fully compatible and missable. No reason to flush out every trace of petroleum when changing over, except to make yourself feel better.

Mooro et al: drop used oil off at any moto shop (as suggested in post 4) as they all have a used oil drum that is eventually sold to a recycler.

Although I am fully capable of changing my own oil, like most riders, I take my bikes in to a shop, as it's cheap and I like to flirt with the jing behind the counter.

chacha

[papa al]

I can't read Thai, but the owners manual on my 2011 Wave 110i seems to warn against low friction (=synthetic?) oils. Not sure why.

[wantan]

I can't read Thai, but the owners manual on my 2011 Wave 110i seems to warn against low friction (=synthetic?) oils. Not sure why.

You need JASO MA not MB. Its no automatic scooter, guess thats the reason.

But it has nothing to do with synthetic or not.

[loserlazer]

My Wave has over 60,000km and is now part dirt-bike (see my profile pic). I put in synthetic at about 35,000, and I always drive it hard...

Still runs strong - no smoke - no noises. Great.

Personally, I would change the oil twice in quick succession - just to get rid of all the old oil and to ensure it is full of synthetic...

vjmark, you can pump some compressed air from the oil intake for 2-3 time - 4-5 seconds if your shop has an air compressor after fully draining the old oil. It will pump out some significant amount of old oil from oil drain hole.

I cannot believe the dirtiness and amount of old of oil coming out after some compressed air all the time.

[ricklev]

Hard to believe it's impossible to get a Wave owner's manual in English on the internet....... I mean it is totally and completely absolutely impossible! Prove me wrong please!

[thaicbr]

I can't read Thai, but the owners manual on my 2011 Wave 110i seems to warn against low friction (=synthetic?) oils. Not sure why.

Possibly due to the auto clutch. But just guessing.

[cornishcarlos]

Keep the old oil.

Use it for chain lube and soaking any cheap tools in (stops them rusting).

Good in padlocks that are seizing up as well...

Cheap oil is fine, change it regularly and the bike will roll n roll

[papa al]

Hard to believe it's impossible to get a Wave owner's manual in English on the internet....... I mean it is totally and completely absolutely impossible! Prove me wrong please!

You are correct sir.

Apparently they don't sell the bike in English speaking countries. French, Spanish, Portuguese, yes.

English...the universal language...ha!

Finally, that year of high school Spanish is paying off!

[wantan]

EDIT: deleted, wrong thread

Edited March 21, 2013 by wantan