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ENGINE OIL (CON’T)
OIL AND OIL FILTER CHANGE
1. Warm up the engine thoroughly and then stop the engine.
2. Place an oil pan directly beneath the engine oil drain plug located at
the bottom of the cases.
3. Remove the engine oil drain plug, taking care not to drop it into
the oil pan.
4. Unscrew and remove the oil filter cover taking care to remove the
retaining spring.
5. Remove the oil filter, noting its position.
6. Clean the oil filter screen with an appropriate solvent.
7. Apply a smear of clean engine oil to the sealing ring of the the clean
oil filter screen and replace the filter in proper orientation with dome
facing out.
8. Replace the retaining spring and oil filter cap.
9. After the oil has completely drained out, replace the oil drain plug
and tighten to theappropriate torque setting found in the “Torque
Specifications” section of this handbook.
10. Remove the oil filler cap and fill the engine with the recommended
oil until it begins to show in the oil level viewport.
11. Fill with approximately 950ml Note: If replacing oil filter, 1000ml of
oil is required.)
12. Start the engine and allow it to idle for five minutes.
13. Check the oil level in the oil level viewport.
14. If necessary, add the required oil as appropriate until the level visi-
ble in the oil level viewport is correct.
15. Replace the oil filler cap.
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