WARNING
POTENTIAL HAZARD
♦Oil may be hot after engine has been run.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
♦Contact with hot oil can cause severe personal injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
♦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 (Fig. 8).
4.Drain the engine oil.
5.Place a rag under the oil filter to catch any oil that may leak out as you remove the filter.
6.Remove the oil filter.
7.Use your finger to coat the gasket on the new filter with clean engine oil.
Gasket
G0228
FIGURE 27
8.Install the new filter and hand tighten it 2/3 turn only.
9.Fill the crankcase to the Full line on the dipstick with fresh oil.
10.Connect the wire to the spark plug.
11.Run the engine for about 3 minutes.
12.Stop the engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and check for oil leakage around the filter.
13.Add oil to compensate for the oil in the oil filter.
14.Recycle the used oil filter according to local codes.
5.14Lubricating the Gear Case:
Service Interval: After every 100 operating, grease the gear case.
1.Remove the grass bag.
2.Remove the gear case access cover.
3.Install a grease gun onto the fitting through the gear case access cover opening (Fig. 28)
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