Powerlink A713VS - Engine Oil and Oil Filter

6.6 Engine Oil and Oil Filter
Hot oil and hot surfaces can cause burns.
Oil changes must be done when the engine is hot.
1 Connect the drain hose to the oil drain pump and
check that no leakage can occur.
2 Pump the oil out (or remove the bottom drain plug
and drain the oil).
Collect all the old oil and old filters, and hand them
to a re-cycling station for destruction.
3 Remove the drain hose (or install the bottom drain
plug).
Hot oil and hot surfaces can cause burns.
1 Clean the oil filter bracket (2).
2 Remove all oil filters with a suitable oil filter
extractor (1).
3 Clean the mating surface of the oil filter
bracket.Make sure that no pieces of old oil
seal are left behind. Carefully clean round the
inside of the protective rim (2) on the oil filter
br acket.
4 Put a thin layer of engine oil on the seal
rings of the new fuel filters.
5 Install the new oil filters. Tighten the filters
¾–1 turn after they touch.
6 Top up with engine oil, start the engine and
let it run for 20-30 seconds.
7 Turn off the engine, check the oil level and
top up as required.
8 Check sealing round the oil filters.
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