Engine Maintenance
Air Cleaner Maintenance
• Chec k the air cleaner body for damag e whic h
could cause an air leak. R e place if damag ed.
Chec k the whole intak e system for leaks ,
damag e or loose hose clamps .
• Ser vice the air cleaner filter only when the
ser vice indicator requires it or ev er y 400 hours
(more frequently in extremely dusty or dir ty
conditions). Changing the air filter before it
is necessar y only increases the c hance of dir t
entering the engine when the filter is remo v ed.
• Be sure the co v er is seated cor rectly and seals
with the air cleaner body .
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Chec k the air cleaner body for damag e whic h could
possibly cause an air leak. R e place a damag ed air
cleaner body .
Ser vice the air cleaner filters when the air cleaner
indicator ( Figure 45 ) sho ws red or ev er y 400
hours (more frequently in extremely dusty or dir ty
conditions). Do not o v er -ser vice the air filter .
Be sure that the co v er is sealing around the air
cleaner body .
1. Pull the latc h outw ard and rotate the air cleaner
co v er countercloc kwise . R emo v e the co v er
from the body ( Figure 45 ). Clean the inside of
the air cleaner co v er .
Figure 45
1. Air cleaner indicator 3. Air cleaner cover
2. Air cleaner latch
2. Before remo ving the filter ( Figure 46 ), use
lo w pressure air (40 psi, clean and dr y) to
help remo v e larg e accum ulations of debris
pac k ed betw een outside of primar y filter and
the canister . A v oid using high pressure air
whic h could force dir t through the filter into
the intak e tract. T his cleaning process prev ents
debris from mig rating into the intak e when the
primar y filter is remo v ed.
Figure 46
1. Air cleaner primary lter
3. R emo v e and re place the primar y filter . Cleaning
of the used element is not recommended due
to the possibility of damag e to the filter media.
Inspect the new filter for shipping damag e ,
c hec king the sealing end of the filter and the
body . Do not use a damag ed element. Inser t
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