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Periodic maintenance and adjustment To check the engine oil level 1. Place the snowmobile on a level surface and apply the parking brake. 5. Remove the oil filler cap, wipe the dipstick clean, insert it back into the oil filler hole (without screwing it in), and then remove it again to check the oil level. 2. Start the engine, warm it up for 10-15 minutes, and then turn it off. The engine can also be warmed up by operating the snowmobile for 10-15 minutes. After operating the snowmobile, allow the engine to idle for at least 10 seconds before turning it off. Open the shroud. Disconnect the oil level gauge coupler. NOTICE: Disconnect the oil level gauge coupler before removing the oil filler cap, otherwise the cable could twist and break. [ECS00452] 1. Oil filler cap 2. Dipstick TIP G TIP The engine oil should be between the "H" and "L" level marks on the dipstick. G 3. 4. 1. "H" level mark 2. "L" level mark 6. 1. Oil level gauge coupler 2. Oil filler cap 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 75 for the recommended oil.) NOTICE: When adding the engine oil, be careful not to fill above the "H" level mark on the dipstick. Use only the recommended oil. (See page 75.) Make sure that no foreign material enters the engine oil tank. [ECS00462] 47

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Periodic maintenance and adjustment
47
To check the engine oil level
1.
Place the snowmobile on a level surface
and apply the parking brake.
2.
Start the engine, warm it up for 10–15
minutes, and then turn it off.
TIP
●
The engine can also be warmed up by op-
erating the snowmobile for 10–15 minutes.
●
After operating the snowmobile, allow the
engine to idle for at least 10 seconds before
turning it off.
3.
Open the shroud.
4.
Disconnect the oil level gauge coupler.
NOTICE:
Disconnect the oil level
gauge coupler before removing the oil
filler cap, otherwise the cable could
twist and break.
[ECS00452]
5.
Remove the oil filler cap, wipe the dipstick
clean, insert it back into the oil filler hole
(without screwing it in), and then remove
it again to check the oil level.
TIP
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 75 for the recommend-
ed oil.)
NOTICE:
When adding the en-
gine oil, be careful not to fill above the
“H” level mark on the dipstick. Use
only the recommended oil. (See page
75.) Make sure that no foreign material
enters the engine oil tank.
[ECS00462]
1.
Oil level gauge coupler
2.
Oil filler cap
1.
Oil filler cap
2. Dipstick
1.
“H” level mark
2.
“L” level mark