Tao Tao Quantum 150

[andyj812]

My wife has enjoyed the Tao Tao 150D quad the I bought last year for Christmas, I decided to buy here a Tao Tao 150 Quantum scooter. Here are some pics during the assembly

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I bought this from a dealer locally for $849 plus tax. It took about 2 hours to assemble.

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First I installed the handle bar, rear shocks, and front fender and wheel.

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Next I installed the front fairing, the luggage rack and luggage.

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Here a some pics after assembly, I just noticed the I forgot to put on the mirrors. I'll have to that Christmas or when I go pick it up from where I have it hid.

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view from the rear and of the instrument panel.

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This scooter had a lot of storage area under the seat, a "glove box" and the rear luggage.

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This Scooter over all is of good quality. It has LED running lights, turn signals, and brake lights. The GY6 engine runs and sounds good. It has emergency flashers but the switch to turn the flashers on is low quality and you have to play with it to make the flashers on both sides come on. The horn currently is not working but I won't be able to trouble shoot that until after Christmas. Could be just a disconnected wire. I have worked everyday so far in December and probably won't get a day off until January, I even have to work Christmas. I had to carve out time to put the scooter together before I left for work. I still need to get rid of the fish oil and replace it with Rotella. I did some research on Indiana scooter laws. Starting this year Indiana requires Scooter riders to have a motorcycle endorsement on their drivers license which my wife does not have.

[Weldangrind]

Nice looking scoot at a fair price.

Rotella is not required for a GY6. I use synthetic 10W30 in those engines, to give them every advantage. It is also wise to change the gear oil in the rear.

[tortoise]

Owner reviews are always interesting . . example (https://youtu.be/g23M0SyXrQk).

Performance modifications and wide-open-throttle abuse appear to significantly contribute to the early demise of so many GY6 125/150 engines . . 60MPH+ expectations from a 50MPH engine. Avoiding high RPM's and cylinder head temperature, along with frequent oil changes and periodic valve clearance adjustments, seems to prolong longevity.

[andyj812]

Nice looking scoot at a fair price.

Rotella is not required for a GY6. I use synthetic 10W30 in those engines, to give them every advantage. It is also wise to change the gear oil in the rear.

Thanks for the reminder on the gear oil I forgot to mention needing to change that. Thanks for the info on the oil. I have been using Rotella in the GY6 quad not knowing it was the wrong oil.

[andyj812]

Owner reviews are always interesting . . example (https://youtu.be/g23M0SyXrQk).

Performance modifications and wide-open-throttle abuse appear to significantly contribute to the early demise of so many GY6 125/150 engines . . 60MPH+ expectations from a 50MPH engine. Avoiding high RPM's and cylinder head temperature, along with frequent oil changes and periodic valve clearance adjustments, seems to prolong longevity.

Thanks for the advice. Shouldn't be a problem as my wife probably won't get on it until spring and I'll probably have it broke in by then. (her present but I'm sure she will let me play with it.) We have a Tao Tao gy6 150 quad that we have road the poop (censored) out of that is still going strong in spite of unknowingly using the wrong oil (regular oil changes with wrong oil). I've been very impressed with the engine on the quad, it has already went further then I expected it too.

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I picked up the scooter today on the way to work and noticed the headlights weren't working. I thought they were working when I put it together so may have more electrical issues. I put the scooter together pretty fast due to limited time so didn't have time to change fluids and locktite everything so that I would be together before Christmas. I will go through it sometime this week properly and get everything working right hopefully. I started right up when I loaded it in the truck today but definitely need to get rid of the fish oil in engine and rear gears.

[Weldangrind]

Thanks for the reminder on the gear oil I forgot to mention needing to change that. Thanks for the info on the oil. I have been using Rotella in the GY6 quad not knowing it was the wrong oil.

I'm not saying that Rotella is wrong. I'm saying that you're free to use more slippery oil with friction modifiers, to free up every bit of power. Any synthetic 10W30 from Walmart will do the trick. You could probably run 5W30 in colder weather if you like.

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Thanks again, Weld as I have said many time before to people on this site are great and somebody is always wiling to help.

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I got up early this morning to troubleshoot the horn and headlight. when I took the fairing of I found the horn on its bracket laying in the plastics inside the bottom of the scooter. In installed it an now the horn works but still no headlights. There in no wiring diagram in the owner's manual not even the generic one size fits all diagram that comes with other china bikes. I'm not if and where the headlight relay is, I checked all the wiring connections in the front. It looks like a royal pain to get the plastic off in the back because it appears for the most part to be on big piece.

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Since I bought this scooter locally and even though I opted to put it together I believe I have a warranty. I am torn between dropping in off for them to fix it and fixing it myself and gaining more knowledge about how to fix it from the great people on this forum

[tortoise]

Does the headlight not illuminate when the engine is running?

Does this scooter not have a spec plate showing which oil to use?

http://i.imgur.com/feK4EjF.jpg

Regular 15W40 (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Tech-Universal-Motor-Oil-15W40-1-qt/17134876) works fine for GY6 break-in, but change at around 50, 200, 500 miles to keep the suspended glitter flushed out. One option is to change to Delo (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Chevron-Delo-400-CJ4-15W-40-Heavy-Duty-Diesel-Oil-1-qt./16940137) at around 1,000 miles, which has a little more slick stuff (http://www.pqiamerica.com/March2013PCMO/HDEO%20SUMMARYrev2.html) (Zinc & Boron).

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[QUOTE=tortoise;201462]Does the headlight not illuminate when the engine is running?

The headlight does not illuminate when the engine is running, not does the highbeam indicator light come on either. I checked all the connections on the front of the scooter and everything is good. I did not check the light switch with an ohm meter yet. All other lights: Tail, brake , running, and turn signal lights work fine. I suspect a loose connect at the headlight relay or the relay is bad if I can find it. I suspect it is somewhere on under the seat on the right side of the scooter. There is a lot of plastics to take off in order to view the wiring where I suspect it is.

[andyj812]

Does this scooter not have a spec plate showing which oil to use?

http://i.imgur.com/feK4EjF.jpg

Regular 15W40 (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Tech-Universal-Motor-Oil-15W40-1-qt/17134876) works fine for GY6 break-in, but change at around 50, 200, 500 miles to keep the suspended glitter flushed out. One option is to change to Delo (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Chevron-Delo-400-CJ4-15W-40-Heavy-Duty-Diesel-Oil-1-qt./16940137) at around 1,000 miles, which has a little more slick stuff (http://www.pqiamerica.com/March2013PCMO/HDEO%20SUMMARYrev2.html) (Zinc & Boron).


It probably does have the spec plate. Last year for Christmas I bought the family 2 Tao Tao quad runners and Will 250 (I've since traded "Will" in for a CRF250L). "Will" used the Rotella since in didn't have the friction inhibitors and I somehow came to believe then That Rotella was best for the Quads. Since the scooter had the same engine as the Tao Tao 150d Utility I thought that Rotella would be the engine as well. Weld set me straight about the friction inhibitors. I'll look for the plate when I get home from work tonite
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[Weldangrind]

To be clear, I'm only offering another option. You should use the oil that you wish to use.

All of my bikes and quads drink Rotella 15W40, with the exception of my GY6 quad; it drinks 10W30 syn. My thinking is that since there is no clutch in a GY6, no firction modifiers are needed.

Just thinking out loud here: have you tested the headlight with a battery?

[andyj812]

To be clear, I'm only offering another option. You should use the oil that you wish to use.

All of my bikes and quads drink Rotella 15W40, with the exception of my GY6 quad; it drinks 10W30 syn. My thinking is that since there is no clutch in a GY6, no firction modifiers are needed.

Just thinking out loud here: have you tested the headlight with a battery?

Thanks Weld for all the advice. I really appreciate it. I found time this morning to pull headlights out again and they are both burnt out. I checked voltage with engine running at headlight connector the headlight apparently run of ac because I was able to the get around 11 volts ac at idle. voltage goes up based on rpms. I ordered new headlights on amazon but will probably take a couple of week to come in.

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I got the new bulbs in and installed them. The scooter now has working headlights. When I installed the horn bracket (previous pictures), it appeared to have the voltage regulator on it as well. Although the lights are ran off ac voltage, I have read that not having the voltage regulator (dc) hooked up makes the whole electrical system do funny things. I am assuming and hoping that not having the regular hooked up caused the headlights burnt out.

[Weldangrind]

Did that fix the high beam indicator?

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Did that fix the high beam indicator?

The high beams and low beams work. I'm not sure if the high beam indicator is of ever was functional There is red light on the dash that is always l it and not marked what it isand what I assume is the high beam or just lights on indiacator (don't have option to turn headlights off) is faintly lit. These lights don't change with high beam or low beam switch position. The high beams are just a little brighter than the low beams. The headlight consist of 2 25/25 watt bulbs. Currently the headlights are working so I am happy, if I have to change them again I will look more closely at the indicator dash lights to determine how they are actually supposed to operate since I have to remove the headlight assembly to replace the bulbs. I ordered 10 bulbs on Amazon so I still have 8 spare.

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The one size fits all owner's manual does not have any documentation on the dash or indicator lights or how they function

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