Oil Filter Replacement
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WARNING:
- Hot engines and engine oil can cause severe burns. Turn off the engine and wait until it and the engine oil have cooled.
- A vehicle that is lifted but not securely supported on safety stands is dangerous. It can slip or fall, causing death or serious injury. Never work around or under a lifted vehicle if it is not securely supported on safety stands.
- Continuous exposure to USED engine oil has caused skin cancer in laboratory mice. Protect your skin by washing with soap and water immediately after working with engine oil.
CAUTION:
- In case you spill engine oil on the exhaust system, wipe it off completely. If you fail to wipe the spilled engine oil, it will produce fumes because of the heat.
- To avoid damage to the oil filter, use only specified oil filter.
- Remove the under cover.
- Loosen the oil filter drain plug. (Do not remove).
- Loosen the filter cover for 1 turn using a commercially available, cup-type oil filter wrench (diameter- 75.6 mm {3.0 in}, 14 sided ).
- Remove the oil filter drain plug, and drain the engine oil.NOTE:
- Oil could be easily drained when the air is in the filter.
- Loosen the oil filter cover for another 1 turn.
- Remove the oil filter cover and the oil filter.
- Use a clean rag to wipe off the mounting surface on the oil filter adapter and the oil filter cover.
- Apply clean oil to a new O-ring of the oil filter cover.
- Apply clean oil to a new O-ring of the oil filter drain plug.
- Install the oil filter, oil filter drain plug, and oil filter cover.
- Tighten the oil filter cover and the oil filter drain plug.
Tightening torque
Oil filter cover: 30-35 N.m {3.1-3.5 kgf.m, 22.2-25.8 ft.lbf}
Oil filter drain plug: 9-11 N.m {91.8-112.2 kgf.cm, 79.6-97.2 in.lbf}
- Start the engine and confirm that there is no oil leakage.
- If there is oil leakage, repair or replace the applicable part.
- Inspect the oil level. (See ENGINE OIL LEVEL INSPECTION ).
- Install the under cover.