Removing The Air Filter - Gilera Nexus 500 User Manual

Electric characteristic
Spark plug
CHAMPION RG6YC; NGK CR7EKB
Locking torques (N*m)
Spark plug
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Removing the air filter (03_14, 03_15, 03_16, 03_17, 03_18)

Proceed as follows:
1. Raise the saddle, remove the elastic band «A» and the battery cover;
2. Loosen the 4 fastening screws «B»;
3. Remove the fastening screw «C» located below the intake bellows;
4. replace the filter «D» with a new one and refit all the components in the opposite
order.
The air filter needs to be checked and possibly blown down every 6000 km at an
Authorized Piaggio-Gilera Service Center. Air blasts must directed from the inside
towards the outside of the filter (i.e. the opposite direction of air flow during normal
engine operation).
03_14
Any oil and water deposits in the filter box can be eliminated by the pipe «E»
CAUTION
IF THE VEHICLE IS USED ON DUSTY ROADS, IT IS NECESSARY TO SERVICE
THE AIR FILTER MORE OFTEN TO AVOID DAMAGING THE ENGINE.
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