Figure5
3
FillingtheEnginewithOil
Partsneededforthisprocedure:
20.
oz.
Engineoil
Procedure
Important:Thismachine
does not
comewithoil
intheengine.Beforestartingtheengine,llthe
enginewithoil.
1.Movethemachinetoalevelsurface.
2.Removethedipstick(Figure6)andpourabout3/4
ofthecrankcasecapacityofoilintotheoil-lltube.
Note:Max.ll:20oz.(0.59l),type:SAE30
detergentoilwithanAPIserviceclassicationofSF,
SG,SH,SJ,SL,orhigher.
Figure6
3.Wipeoffthedipstickendwithacleancloth.
4.Insertthedipstickintotheoil-lltube,andscrewit
inuntilitstops.
5.Removethedipstickandreadtheoillevelonthe
dipstick;refertoFigure7.
Figure7
1.Theoillevelistoolow;
addoiltothecrankcase.
3.Theoilleveliscorrect.
2.Theoillevelistoohigh;
removeoilfromthe
crankcase.
•Iftheoillevelistoolow,addasmallamountof
oilslowlytotheoil-lltube,andthenrepeat
steps3through5untiltheoilleveliscorrectas
showninFigure7.
•Iftheoillevelistoohigh,draintheexcess
oiluntilyouobtainthecorrectoillevelon
thedipstick.Todraintheexcessoil,referto
ChangingtheEngineOil(page17).
Important:Iftheoillevelinthecrankcaseis
toolowortoohighandyouruntheengine,
youmaydamagetheengine.
6.Installthedipsticksecurelybyhand.
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