Table Of Contents; Maintenance And General Instructions - BMW R 1200 C Repair Manual

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00 Maintenance and general instructions

Contents
Tightening torques
Table of operating fluids
Key to maintenance intervals
Reading out MoDiTeC fault memory
(Inspections I, II, III and IV)
Checking throttle cable play,
adjusting if necessary
(Inspections I and III)
Changing engine oil, renew oil filter element
(Inspections I, II, III and IV)
Changing oil in gearbox
(Inspections III and IV)
or at least every 2 years
Changing oil in rear wheel drive; cleaning inductive signal transmitter at
rear wheel
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(Inspections I, III and IV)
Every 40 000 km (24 000 miles) or at least every
2 years
Renewing fuel filter
(Inspection III)
In normal operating conditions every 40 000 km (24 000 miles); if fuel quality is poor every
20 000 km (12 000 miles)
Checking battery acid level/topping up if necessary, cleaning/greasing
battery posts
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(Inspections III and IV)
Renewing intake air cleaner
element
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(Inspection III)
In very dirty and dusty operating conditions, renew every 10 000 km (6 000 miles) or even more fre-
quently if necessary
Renewing Poly-V belt
(every 60 000 km/36 000 miles)
(Inspection III)
Poly-V belt adjusting procedure:
Checking brake fluid level
Front brake
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