Checking The Transmission Oil Level And Topping Up - APRILIA ETX 125 - 1998 Manual

CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION
OIL LEVEL AND TOPPING UP
Carefully read p. 20 (TRANSMISSION
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OIL) and p. 39 (MAINTENANCE).
Remember: 1 mile = 1.6 km
1 km = 0.625 miles
Check the transmission oil level every
4000 km, change it after the first 1000 km
and successively every 12000 km, see
p. 43 (CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION
OIL).
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CHECKING
Position the vehicle on firm and
flat ground.
Stop the engine and let it cool down for
at least ten minutes, in order to allow the
oil to flow back to the oil pan and to cool
down.
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Keep the vehicle in vertical position, with
the two wheels resting on the ground.
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The non-performance of the op-
erations described above may
result in a wrong measurement of the
level.
Make sure that the oil level is included
between one fourth ( MIN) and a half
( MAX ) of the height of the glass (1).
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The oil level must neither exceed
a half of the height of the glass,
nor fall below one fourth. In the first
case the excess oil would flow out of
the oil pan; in the second case the
engine may get seriously damaged.
TOPPING UP
If it were necessary to top up, proceed as
follows:
Unscrew and remove the filling cap (2).
Pour a small quantity of oil and wait
about one minute, to allow the oil to flow
uniformly inside the pan.
Make sure that the oil level is included
between one fourth ( MIN ) and a half
( MAX ) of the height of the glass (1).
If this is not the case, top up again with
small quantities of oil and repeat the
check through the glass (1), until
reaching the prescribed level ( MAX ).
At the end of the operation, screw and
tighten the filling cap (2).
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T i g h t e n t h e
thoroughly and make sure that
there are no oil leaks.
Periodically check that there are no
leaks in correspondence with the oil
pan cover seal.
Do not use the vehicle with insufficient
lubrication or with contaminated or un-
suitable lubricants, since this would ac-
celerate the wear of the moving parts
and may also cause irreparable failures.
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