Changing the Engine-oil Filter
Service Interval:
Every 200 hours
1.
Run the engine to warm the oil.
WARNING
Oil may be hot after the engine has been run,
and contact with hot oil can cause severe
personal injury.
Avoid contacting the hot engine oil when you
drain it.
2.
Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
3.
Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.
4.
Drain the gasoline from the fuel tank.
5.
Drain the engine oil; refer to Changing the Engine Oil
(page 17).
6.
Place a rag under the oil filter (Figure 19) to catch any
oil that may leak out as you remove the oil filter.
Figure 19
1.
Oil filter
7.
Remove the oil filter.
8.
Use your finger to coat the gasket on the new oil filter
with oil (Figure 26).
Figure 20
1.
Gasket
9.
Install the new filter by rotating it clockwise until the
seal contacts the filter housing, then rotate the filter an
additional 3/4 turn by hand.
10.
Fill the crankcase to the Full line on the dipstick with
fresh oil; refer to 2 Filling the Crankcase with Oil (page
8).
11.
Connect the wire to the spark plug.
12.
Run the engine for about 3 minutes.
13.
Stop the engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and
check for oil leakage around the filter.
14.
Add oil to compensate for the oil in the oil filter. Refer
to Checking the Engine-oil Level (page 10).
15.
Recycle the used oil filter properly.
Servicing the Spark Plug
Service Interval:
Every 100 hours—Inspect, clean, and
adjust the spark plug gap; replace the
spark plug if necessary.
Use an
NGK BPR5ES
spark plug or equivalent.
1.
Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
2.
Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.
3.
Clean around the spark plug.
4.
Remove the spark plug from the cylinder head.
Important:
Replace a cracked, fouled, or dirty
spark plug. Do not clean the electrodes because
grit entering the cylinder can damage the engine.
5.
Set the gap on the plug to 0.76 mm (0.030 inch) (Figure
21).
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