TOHATSU MFS 15E EF, Owner'S Manual

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INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
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Engine oil mixed with dust or water will dra-
matically shorten the life of the engine.
To change engine oil:
Be sure to use recommended engine oil
(see page 13).
1. Stop the engine and allow it to cool.
2. Tilt up the outboard motor and lock
the tilt with the tilt stopper.
3. Turn the steering on the outboard
motor so that the drain hole is facing
downward.
4. Put a oil drain pan under the oil drain
screw.
5. Remove the oil drain screw and
completely drain oil from the engine.
1. Drain hole
6. Tighten the oil drain screw with
applying oil on the sealing surface of
screw. (Use new oil drain washer)
Oil drain screw specified torque
24N·m (17 ft · lb, 2.4 kgf · m)
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Note
If a torque-wrench is not available when
you are fitting a oil filter, a good estimate
of the correct torque is 3/4 to 1 a turn
past finger -tight. Have the oil filter
adjusted to the correct torque as soon as
possible with a torque-wrench.
7. Reset the engine in a vertical posi-
tion.
8. Repeat 3 to 7 procedures two or
three times to drain the oil com-
pletely.
9. Remove the top cowl and the oil
filler cap.
10. Fill the engine through filler port
with recommended oil (see char t
below) to the middle of dipstick
mark.
11. Tighten the oil filler cap.
1. Filler cap
2. Dipstick
CAUTION
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