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CHK
ADJ
CHANGING THE ENGINE OIL
EAS00074
CHANGING THE ENGINE OIL
1. Start the engine, warm it up for several min-
utes, and then turn it off.
2. Place a container under the engine oil drain
bolt.
3. Remove:
• engine oil filler cap
1
• engine oil drain bolt
2
(along with the gasket)
4. Drain:
• engine oil
(completely from the crankcase)
5. If the oil filter cartridge is also to be
replaced, perform the following procedure.
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a. Remove the oil filter cartridge
1
with an oil
filter wrench
2
.
Oil filter wrench
90890-01426
b. Lubricate the O-ring
3
of the new oil filter
cartridge with a thin coat of engine oil.
CAUTION:
@
Make sure the O-ring
3
is positioned cor-
rectly in the groove of the oil filter car-
tridge.
@
c. Tighten the new oil filter cartridge to specifi-
cation with an oil filter wrench.
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6. Check:
• engine oil drain bolt gasket
Damage
→
Replace.
7. Install:
• engine oil drain bolt
T
R
.
.
Oil filter cartridge
17 Nm (1.7 m • kg)
T
R
.
.
43 Nm (4.3 m · kg)
Summary of Contents for VMX12 2001
Page 1: ...VMX12 2001 3LRD AE1 SERVICEMANUAL ...
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Page 9: ...GEN INFO 1 ...
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Page 22: ...SPEC 2 ...
Page 24: ...SPEC ...
Page 52: ...2 28 SPEC OIL FLOW DIAGRAMS 1 Camshaft 2 Main gallery 3 Crankshaft 4 Oil level switch ...
Page 54: ...2 30 SPEC OIL FLOW DIAGRAMS 1 Crankshaft 2 Oil pipe 3 Oil filter ...
Page 65: ...CHK ADJ 3 ...
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Page 126: ...ENG 4 ...
Page 130: ...ENG ...
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Page 237: ...COOL 5 ...
Page 239: ...COOL ...
Page 258: ...CARB 6 ...
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Page 273: ...CHAS 7 ...
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Page 390: ...ELEC 8 ...
Page 396: ...8 4 ELEC SWITCHES ...
Page 417: ...8 25 ELEC STARTER MOTOR 3 Install O rings 1 bolts 2 New T R 5 Nm 0 5 m kg ...
Page 445: ...TRBL SHTG 9 ...