Figure 22
1. Fuel valve 2. Oil lter
1. R un the engine to w ar m the oil.
Oil may be hot after the engine has been
r un, and contact with hot oil can cause
sev er e per sonal injur y .
A v oid contacting the hot engine oil when
y ou drain it.
2. Stop the engine and w ait for all mo ving par ts
to stop .
3. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug
( Figure 11 ).
4. Drain the engine oil; refer to Changing the
Engine Oil.
5. Place a rag under the oil filter to catc h any oil
that ma y leak out as y ou remo v e the filter .
6. R emo v e the oil filter .
7. Use y our fing er to coat the g ask et on the new
filter with oil ( Figure 23 ).
Figure 23
1. Gasket
8. Install the new filter and hand tighten it 2/3
tur n only .
9. Fill the crankcase to the Full line on the
dipstic k with fresh oil. R efer to Filling the
Crankcase with Oil.
10. Connect the wire to the spark plug .
11. R un the engine for about 3 min utes .
12. Stop the engine , w ait for all mo ving par ts to
stop , and c hec k for oil leakag e around the filter .
13. Add oil to compensate for the oil in the oil
filter . R efer to Chec king the Engine Oil Lev el.
14. R ecycle the used oil filter according to local
codes .
Servicing the Spark Plug
Chec k the spark plug after ev er y 100 operating
hours . Use an NGK BPR5ES spark plug or
equi v alent.
1. Stop the engine and w ait for all mo ving par ts
to stop .
2. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug
( Figure 11 ).
3. Clean around the spark plug .
4. R emo v e the spark plug from the cylinder head.
Important: R eplace a crack ed, f ouled,
or dir ty spar k plug . Do not clean the
electr odes because g rit entering the
cylinder can dama ge the engine.
5. Set the g ap on the plug to 0.030 in. (0.76 mm)
( Figure 24 ).
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