EngineOilSpecication
OilType:Detergentoil(APIserviceSJorhigher)
OilViscosity:Refertothetablebelowthatfollows:
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CheckingtheEngine-Oil
Level
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Note:Thebesttimetochecktheengine-oillevelis
whentheengineiscoolbeforeithasbeenstartedfor
theday.Ifithasalreadybeenrun,waitatleast10
minutesbeforecheckingtheoillevel.
1.Preparethemachineformaintenance;referto
PreparingforMachine(page25).
2.Cleantheareaaroundtheoildipstickandthe
oil-llcapofthevalvecover(Figure28and
Figure29).
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Figure28
1.Dipstick
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Figure29
1.Oil-llcap(valvecover)
3.Removethedipstickandwipetheendclean
(Figure28).
4.Insertthedipstickfullyintothedipsticktube
(Figure30).
5.Pullthedipstickoutandlookatthemetalend.
Note:Theoillevelshouldbeatthetop-indicator
markonthedipstick.
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Figure30
1.Oil-levelrange(dipstick)
6.Iftheoillevelisbelowthetop-indicatormark
onthedipstick,removetheoil-llcap,slowly
addthespeciedoiltobringtheoilleveltothe
top-indicatormark,andinstalltheoil-llcap;
refertoEngineOilSpecication(page27).
Important:Donotoverllthecrankcase
withoilandruntheengine.Enginedamage
mayresult.
7.Insertthedipstickfullyintothedipsticktube.
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