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CheckingtheEngineOilLevel
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Note:Thebesttimetochecktheengineoiliswhenthe
engineiscoolbeforeithasbeenstartedfortheday.Ifit
hasalreadybeenrun,allowtheoiltodrainbackdown
tothesumpforatleast10minutesbeforechecking.If
theoillevelisatorbelowthe‘add’markonthedipstick,
addoiltobringtheoilleveltothe‘full’mark.DONOT
OVERFILL.Iftheoillevelisbetweenthe‘full’and
‘add’marks,nooiladditionisrequired.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
2.Turntheignitionkeytooff,andremovethekey.
3.Cleanaroundtheoildipstick(Figure24)sothatdirt
cannotfallintothellerholeanddamagetheengine.
Figure24
1.Oildipstick
2.Fillertube
4.Unscrewtheoildipstickandwipetheendclean
(Figure24).
5.Slidetheoildipstickfullyintothellertube,butdo
notthreadontotube(Figure24).
6.Pullthedipstickoutandlookatthemetalend.Ifthe
oillevelislow,slowlypouronlyenoughoilintothe
llertubetoraisetheleveltotheFullmark.
Important:Donotoverllthecrankcasewith
oilandruntheengine.Enginedamagecan
result.
ChangingtheOil
ServiceInterval:Every100hours
1.Starttheengineandletitrunveminutes.This
warmstheoilsoitdrainsbetter.
2.Parkthemachinesothatthedrainsideisslightly
lowerthantheoppositesidetoensuretheoildrains
completely.
3.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
4.Placeapanbelowthedrain.Rotateoildrainvalveto
allowoiltodrain(
Figure25).
Note:Ahosemaybeinsertedontothedrainvalve
todirecttheoilow.
5.Whenoilhasdrainedcompletely,closethedrain
valve.
Note:Disposeoftheusedoilatarecyclingcenter.
Figure25
1.Oildrainvalve2.Oildrainhose(not
included)
6.Slowlypourapproximately80%ofthespeciedoil
intothellertube(
Figure24).
7.Checktheoillevel;refertoCheckingtheEngineOil
Level.
8.SlowlyaddtheadditionaloiltobringittotheFull
mark.
ChangingtheOilFilter
ServiceInterval:Every200hours
Note:Changetheoilltermorefrequentlywhenthe
operatingconditionsareextremelydustyorsandy.
1.Draintheoilfromtheengine;refertoChangingthe
EngineOil.
2.Removetheoldlterandwipethelleradapter
gasketsurface(
Figure26).
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