2008 Yamaha Motorsports RS Vector L-TX Owners Manual - Page 54

2008 Yamaha Motorsports RS Vector L-TX Manual

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Periodic maintenance 7. Insert the dipstick into the oil filler hole, and then tighten the oil filler cap. 8. Connect the oil level gauge coupler. 9. Install the right side cover and the shroud. To change the engine oil (with or without oil filter cartridge replacement) 1. Place the snowmobile on a level surface and apply the parking brake. 2. Start the engine, warm it up for several minutes, and then turn it off. 3. Remove the shroud, the right side cover, and the top cover. (See page 40 for removal procedures.) 4. Remove the right lower cover and the bottom panel. 1. Oil filler cap 2. Dipstick NOTE: The engine oil should be between the "H" and "L" level marks on the dipstick. 1. Bottom panel 1. "H" level mark 2. "L" level mark 6. If the engine oil is below the "L" level mark, add sufficient oil of the recommended type to raise it to the "H" level mark. (See page 74 for the recommended oil.) ECS00461 CAUTION: G G G When adding the engine oil, be careful not to fill above the "H" level mark on the dipstick. Use only 4-stroke engine oil. Make sure that no foreign material enters the engine oil tank. 1. Right lower cover 5. 6. Place an oil pan under the oil tank to collect the used oil. Disconnect the oil level gauge coupler. 48

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Periodic maintenance
48
NOTE:
The engine oil should be between the “H” and
“L” level marks on the dipstick.
6.
If the engine oil is below the “L” level
mark, add sufficient oil of the recom-
mended type to raise it to the “H” level
mark. (See page 74 for the recommend-
ed oil.)
CAUTION:
ECS00461
When adding the engine oil, be careful
not to fill above the “H” level mark on the
dipstick.
Use only 4-stroke engine oil.
Make sure that no foreign material en-
ters the engine oil tank.
7.
Insert the dipstick into the oil filler hole,
and then tighten the oil filler cap.
8.
Connect the oil level gauge coupler.
9.
Install the right side cover and the shroud.
To change the engine oil (with or without oil fil-
ter cartridge replacement)
1.
Place the snowmobile on a level surface
and apply the parking brake.
2.
Start the engine, warm it up for several
minutes, and then turn it off.
3.
Remove the shroud, the right side cover,
and the top cover. (See page 40 for re-
moval procedures.)
4.
Remove the right lower cover and the
bottom panel.
5.
Place an oil pan under the oil tank to col-
lect the used oil.
6.
Disconnect the oil level gauge coupler.
1.
Oil filler cap
2. Dipstick
1.
“H” level mark
2.
“L” level mark
1.
Bottom panel
1.
Right lower cover