Checking The Transmission Oil Level And Topping Up - APRILIA RS 50 - 2004 Manual

CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION
OIL LEVEL AND TOPPING UP
Carefully read p. 21 (TRANSMISSION
OIL) and p. 39 (MAINTENANCE).
Check the transmission oil level every
4000 km (2500 mi), change it after the first
500 km (312 mi) and successively every
8000 km (5000 mi), see p. 45 (CHANGING
THE TRANSMISSION OIL).
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CHECKING
NOTE
Position the vehicle on firm and
flat ground.
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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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Remove the right fairing, see p. 52 (RE-
MOVING THE SIDE FAIRINGS).
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Unscrew and remove the screw (1).
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Take the sealing washer (2).
WARNING
Danger of fall or overturning.
When the vehicle is straightened from
the parking position to the driving posi-
tion, the stand goes automatically up.
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Keep the vehicle in vertical position, with
the two wheels resting on the ground.
NOTE
The non-performance of the op-
erations described above may result in a
wrong measurement of the level.
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Visually check if the oil reaches the lower
edge of the threaded hole (3).
If so, proceed as follows:
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Check and if necessary change the seal-
ing washer (2).
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Tighten the screw (1).
Otherwise:
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Provide for topping up.
TOPPING UP
If it were necessary to top up, proceed as
follows:
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Unscrew and remove the filling cap (4).
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Pour a small quantity of oil and wait
about one minute, to allow the oil to flow
uniformly inside the pan.
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Visually check if the oil reaches the lower
edge of the threaded hole (3).
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If this is not the case, top up again with
small quantities of oil and repeat the
check through the threaded hole (3), until
reaching the prescribed level.
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At the end of the operation, screw and
tighten the filling cap (4).
WARNING
Tighten the filling cap 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.