Periodic Service
10-
12
CAUTION
To avoid personal injury:
Be sure to stop the engine
before
r
eplacing oil.
Allow engine to cool down
sufficiently, oil can be hot and can
burn.
1.
Park the vehicle on flat surface
and
r
aise the cargo bed.
2.
To drain the used oil, remove the
drain
p
lug at the bottom of the engine and
completely drain the oil into an oil p
an.
3.
After draining, reinstall the drain plug
.
4.
Fill with the new oil up to the
upper
n
otch on the dipstick
.
(
See “LUBRICANTS, FUEL AND
COOLANT” in “MAINTENANCE” section.)
Oil capacity
[Filter exchanged] 1.8L (1.89U.S. qts.)
[Filter non-
exchanged]
1.6L (1.68U.S. qts.)
① Oil Leve
② Dipstick
■ Replacing Engine Oil Filter
CAUTION
To avoid personal injury:
Be sure to stop the engine before
changing the oil filter cartridge.
Allow engine to cool down sufficiently,
Oil can be hot and can burn.
1. Park the vehicle on a flat surface, remove
the seat and open the adjust hatch cover
.
2. Remove the oil filter.
3. Put a film of clean engine oil on the rubber
seal of the new filter
.
4. Tighten the filter quickly until it contacts the
mounting surfac
e.
T
ighten filter by hand an additional 1/2 turn
only.
5
. After the new filter has been replaced, the
engine oil normally decreases a little. Make
sure that the engine oil does not leak
through the seal and check the oil level on
the dipstick. Then replenish the engine oil up
to the prescribed level.
① Bolt; ② Cover
③ “O
” seal ring
;
④ Engine oil filter
IMPO
RANT:
To prevent serious damage to the engine,
use only a genuine filter
.
■
Replacing Transmission Oil
CAUTION
To avoid personal injury:
Be sure to stop the engine before
changing oil.
Allow engine to cool down sufficiently,