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CHECKS AND MAINTENANCE
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USA
CHANGING THE ENGINE OIL
AND FILTERS EXTRACTION
Before performing this operation, remove
the lower bumper
A
, after underscrewing
the three screws
B
as shown in the fi gure.
Whenever the oil is changed, is necessary
to change the paper fi lter and to clean the
wire netting fi lter.
The oil must be changed when the engine
is at operating temperature.
WARNING
When at operating temperature, the en-
gine and the oil it contains are very hot.
Take special care to avoid burns.
Park the motorcycle on level ground,
remove screw
C
and let the oil drain in
a container.
Thoroughly clean the screw and wire
netting fi lter. After the oil has drained com-
pletely, clean the sealing surface, replace
screw
C
with the seal ring and wire netting
fi lter and tighten at 20 Nm.
In order to let the oil drain it’s necessary to
unscrew just the screw
C
.
Don’t disassemble for any reason screw
D
which is part of the engine oil pressure
adjustment valve.
In case the screw
D
was removed or the
spring 42, ball 43, washer 41 were ex-
tracted reassemble all the parts following
the order showed in attached picture (ap-
plying to the screw
D
a torque of 20 Nm).
The working of the engine without one of
the mentioned elements would compro-
mise the engine integrity since the engine
project conditions would not be respected
any more.
A
B
C
C
Pressure adjustment valve:
C
- Oil drain plug
25 - O-ring 27x2
26 - O-ring 20x1,5
27 - Oil fi lter
D
- Screw
41 - Washer
42 - Spring
43 - Ball
B
D
