TOHATSU MFS 25C Owner's Manual page 67

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INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
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Engine oil mixed with dust or water will
dramatically shorten the life of the engine.
To change engine oil:
Be sure to use recommended engine oil
(see page 13).
1. Stop the engine and allow it to cool.
2. Tilt up the outboard motor and lock the
tilt with the tilt stopper.
3. Turn the steering on the outboard
motor so that the drain hole is facing
downward.
4. Put a oil drain pan under the oil drain
screw.
5. Remove the oil drain screw and com-
pletely drain oil from the engine.
1
10
1. Drain hole
6. Tighten the oil drain screw with apply-
ing oil on the sealing surface of screw.
(Use new oil drain washer)
Oil drain screw specified torque
24Nm (17 ft
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Note
If a torque-wrench is not available when you
are fitting a oil filter, a good estimate of the
correct torque is 3/4 to 1 a turn past finger-
CAUTION
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lb, 2.4 kgf m)
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tight. Have the oil filter adjusted to the cor-
rect torque as soon as possible with a
torque-wrench.
7. Reset the engine in a vertical position.
8. Repeat 3 to 7 procedures two or three
times to drain the oil completely.
9. Remove the top cowl and the oil filler
cap.
10. Fill the engine through filler port with
recommended oil (see chart below) to
the middle of dipstick mark.
11. Tighten the oil filler cap.
1
3
1. Filler cap
2. Dipstick
3. Filler port
1. Upper limit (Max.)
2. Lower limit (Min.)
2
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1
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2