Oil Change; Oil Filter Change - Cub Cadet 17AI2ACP756 Operator's Manual

30 MAINTENANCE
Oil Change
Change oil after f_rst8 hours of operation. There*
after change oil eve_ 100 hours.
• Run the engine to warm oil,
Be sure the engine (equipment) is on level sur-
face.
• Stop the engine.
• Remove the oil drain plug and drain the oil into a
suitable container while engine is warm,
• Install the oil drain plug.
• Remove the oil gauge and refillwith fresh oil (See
FUEL AND OIL RECOMMENDATIONS chapter),
• Check the oil level (see PREPARATION chapter);
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Engine oil is a toxic substance. Dispose of
used oil properly. Contact your local author-
ities for approved disposal methods or pos*
sible recycling.
Hot engine oil can cause severe burns.
Atlowengine temperature to drop from hotto
warm level before draining and handling oil.
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Oil Filter Change
• Change the oilfilter every 200 hoursof operation.
Hot engine oil can cause severe burns.
Allow engine temperature to drop from hot to
warm level before attempting to remove oil
filter.
• Drain the engine oil into a suitabre container.
CAUTION
Before removing the oil filter, place suitable
pan under filter connection.
A. Oil Drain Plug
MAINTENANCE 31
= Rotate the oilfiiter(A) counterclockwiseto remove
it,
• Coat a film of clean engine eli on the seal of new
filter.
• Install new filter rotatingit clockwise until the seal
contactsthe mountingsurface (B). Then rotatethe
filter 3!4 turn more by hand.
= Supply engine oil as specified.
• Run the engine for about 3 minutes, stop the en-
gine, and check any oil leakage around the filter.
• Add oil to compensate for oil level drop due to oil
filter capacity (see PREPARATION chapter).
si_e recycling,
A, Oil Filter
B. Mounting Surface
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