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.
1. Stop the engine and cool down.
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 an oil drain pan under the oil drain
screw.
5. Remove the oil drain screw and com-
pletely drain oil from the engine.
1.
Drain hole
6. Tighten the oil drain screw with apply-
ing 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 2 to 7 procedures two or
three times to drain the trapped oil
completely.
9. Remove the top cowl and the oil filler
cap.
10. Fill the engine through filler port with
recommended oil to the middle of
dipstick mark.
11. Tighten the oil filler cap.
1.
Filler cap
2.
Dipstick
1.
Upper limit (Max.)
CAUTION
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