INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
Changing Engine Oil and Filter
Drain the engine oil while the engine is
still warm.
1) Remove the oil filler cap.
2) Place a drain pan under the drain plug.
3) Using a wrench, remove the drain plug
and drain out the engine oil.
The engine oil temperature may be
high enough to burn your fingers
when the drain plug is loosened. Wait
until the drain plug is cool enough to
touch with your bare hands.
New and used oil can be hazardous.
Children and pets may be harmed by
swallowing new or used oil. Keep
new and used oil and used oil filters
away from children and pets.
Continuous contact with used engine
oil has been found to cause skin
cancer in laboratory animals.
Brief contact with used oil may irritate
skin.
To minimize your exposure to used oil,
wear a long-sleeve shirt and moisture-
proof gloves (such as dishwashing
gloves) when changing oil. If oil con-
tacts your skin, wash thoroughly with
soap and water. Launder any clothing
or rags if wet with oil.
Recycle or properly dispose of used oil
and filters.
4) Reinstall the drain plug and gasket.
Tighten the plug with a wrench to
22.0 -28.5 Ib-ft (3.0-4.0 kg-m).
Replace the oil filter.
1) Using an oil filter wrench, turn the oil
filter counterclockwise and remove it.
2) Using a clean rag, wipe off the mount-
ing surface on the engine where the
new filter will be seated.
3) Smear a little engine oil around the
rubber gasket of the new oil filter.
4) Screw on the new filter by hand until
the filter gasket contacts the mount-
ing surface.
CAUTION
To tighten the oil filter properly, it is
important to accurately identify the
position at which the filter gasket first
contacts the mounting surface.
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