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CSCRX3ServiceManual
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Usea17mmsocketwithanextensiontoremovetheoilstrainercaps.Usean8mmsocketandan
extensiontoremovetheoilfiltercover.Wecanprovidethesetoolstoyouaspartofanoilchange
servicepack;wealsoselltheoilchangetoolkitseparatelyif
youdonothavethesetools.
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Placeanoilpanunderthemotorcycleandremoveeitherorbothoftheoilfillports.Therearmostoilfill
plughasaslot.It’sontherightsideoftheengine.Apennyworkswellforremovingit.There’sanother
fillport
ontherightsideoftheenginejustbehindtheexhaustpipe.Youcanremovethatonebyhand.
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Youdon’tneedtoremovebothfillercaps;eitherwillallowinairwhenyoudraintheoil.Bothaccess
portcovershaveo‐rings;takecarenottolose
thesepartsortoallowtheo‐ringstopickupdirt.After
openingeitherorbothoftheoilfillports,removetheoildrainplug.Theoildrainplugisonthebottom
ofthecrankcase.Removingthemotorcycle’sskidplateisnotnecessary.Theoildrainplugalso
hasa
17mmbolthead.Thephotosbelowshowthesocketonthedrainplugandthedrainplugafterithas
beenremoved.
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Theoildrainplughasacoppergasket. Itisnotnecessarytoreplacethisunlessoilleaksfromaround
thedrainplug.Thedrain
plughasamagneticcore.Wipeitclean.
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Thenextstepistoremovetheoilstrainercovers.Thisrequiresa17mmsocketandanextension.The
photosbelowshowthisontheleftandrightenginesides,andoneofthecoversafterithasbeen
removed.Setthe
oilstrainercoversaside,takingcarenottolosetheo‐rings ontheinsideorputthem
wheretheycouldbecomedirty.
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