Operator's Manual

ReplacingtheAirFilter
ServiceInterval:Every25hours
1.Useascrewdrivertoopentheairltercover
(Figure23).
Figure23
2.Replacetheairlter(Figure24).
Figure24
3.Installthecover.
ChangingtheEngineOil
ServiceInterval:Aftertherst5hours
Yearly
Runtheengineafewminutesbeforechangingtheoiltowarm
it.Warmoilowsbetterandcarriesmorecontaminants.
1.Movethemachinetoalevelsurface.
2.RefertoPreparingforMaintenance(page14).
3.Removethedipstick(
Figure25).
Figure25
1.Dipstick
4.Tipthemachineontoitssidewiththedipstickdown
todraintheusedoiloutthroughtheoil-lltube
(Figure26).
Figure26
5.Returnthemachinetotheoperatingposition.
6.Pourabout3/4ofthecrankcasecapacityofoilinthe
crankcase.
Note:Max.ll:20oz.(0.59l),type:SAE30
detergentoilwithanAPIserviceclassicationofSF,
SG,SH,SJ,SL,orhigher.
7.Waitabout3minutesfortheoiltosettleinthe
crankcase.
8.Wipethedipstickcleanwithacleancloth.
9.Insertthedipstickfullyintotheoil-lltube,then
removethedipstick.
10.Readtheoillevelonthedipstick(Figure25).
•IftheoillevelisbelowtheAddmarkonthe
dipstick,slowlypourasmallamountofoilintothe
oil-lltubeandrepeatsteps8through10untilthe
oillevelisattheFullmarkonthedipstick.
•IftheoillevelisabovetheFullmarkonthe
dipstick,draintheexcessoiluntiltheoillevelon
thedipstickisattheFullmark.
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