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Turn the engine off and place the
gear selector lever in "P" (auto-
matic) or reverse gear (manual
transaxle).
2. Open the hood and remove the
engine oil level dipstick.
Upper cap
O-ring
Oil filter
element
Centerpipe
O-ring
Oil filter
housing
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3. Loosen the oil filter upper cap with
a proper tool from the oil filter
housing until an O-ring is seen.
Then, drain the oil completely.
!
CAUTION:
Slowly loosen the oil filter upper
cap not to overflow the oil.
4. Remove the engine oil filler cap.
5. Slide underneath the car and
loosen the oil pan drain plug by
turning it counterclockwise oil pan
with a wrench of the proper size.
Be sure that a drain pan is in
position to catch the oil as it drains
out, then remove the drain plug.
!
WARNING:
Be very careful when draining the
engine oil as it may be hot enough
to burn you!
6. When the oil has stopped drain-
ing, replace the drain plug using a
new gasket and retighten by turn-
ing it clockwise.
Oil pan drain plug tightening
torque : 3.5 ~ 4.5 kgf.m
7. Pull out the oil filter upper cap with
element from the oil filter housing.
Using a clean cloth, remove any
dirt or oil accumulated around the
oil filter housing.
DO-IT-YOURSELF MAINTENANCE
8. After mounting a new centerpipe
O-ring, new oil filter element and
new O-ring to upper cap, install
the upper cap to oil filter housing
and retighten by turning it clock-
wise. Do not over-tighten.
Tightening torque : 2.5 kgf.m
!
CAUTION:
Don't use old oil filter upper cap
O-ring and centerpipe O-ring
9. Refill the crankcase with the rec-
ommended engine oil. Refer to
the specification in chapter 9 for
engine oil capacity.
!
CAUTION:
Slowly pour the recommended oil
by using a funnel. Do not overfill
not to damage the engine.
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