HOT ENGINE OPERATION
1. Change of engine oil and oil filter
WARNING:
·
Protect your eyes by wearing safety goggles.
·
Never burn yourself with hot engine oil or hot engine
components during operation.
(1) Park the vehicle on a level surface.
(2) Check the oil level.
(3) Start the engine.
(4) Warm-up the engine to normal operating temperature.
(5) Place a suitable container under the oil drain plug.
(6) Remove the drain plug and gasket. Then, drain the en-
gine oil into the placed container completely.
(7) Remove the oil filler cap.
(8) Place a suitable container or such to under the oil filter.
(9) Slacken the oil filter with an oil filter wrench.
CAUTION:
·
Care must be exercised, for quite a large amount of en-
gine oil may flow out.
(10) Remove the oil filter by hand.
(11) Wipe off the engine oil from the oil filter attaching part
of the engine oil filter bracket.
(12) Thinly apply engine oil to the O-ring of a new oil filter.
(13) Screw in the oil filter by hand, until the O-ring of the oil
filter comes in contact with the oil filter installing sur-
face of the oil filter bracket.
(14) Tighten the oil filter three fourths to one complete turn,
by hand or using the following SST.
SST:
09228-87201-000
CAUTION:
·
Never tighten the oil filter excessively. Failure to ob-
serve this caution will cause oil leakage or damage to
the oil pump, or the oil filter.
(15) Tighten the drain plug to the specified tightening
torque with a new gasket interposed.
Tightening Torque:
19.6 - 29.4 N·m (2.0 - 3.0 kgf-m)
(16) Pour engine oil to the engine.
CAUTION:
·
Use API grade SG or higher grade oil.
Oil Capacity
With Oil Filter:
3.6 liters
Without Oil Filter:
3.4 liters
MA–13
JMA00028-00022
JMA00029-00023
JMA00030-00000
JMA00031-00024
