OIL FILTER REPLACEMENT [LF, L3]

Warning

• Continuous exposure to USED engine oil has caused skin cancer in laboratory mice. Protect your skin by washing with soap and water immediately after this work.

• Hot engines and the engine oil can cause severe burns. Turn off the engine and wait until it and the engine oil have cooled.

Caution

• To avoid damage to the oil filter, use only specified oil filter.

Cartridge Type

1. Remove the under cover.

2. Loosen the oil filter drain plug. (Do not remove.)

3. Loosen the filter cover for 1 turn using a commercially available, cap-type oil filter wrench (diameter- 74 mm {2.9 in}, 14 sided).

4. Remove the oil filter drain plug, and drain the engine oil.

Note

• Oil could be easily drained when the air is in the filter.

5. Loosen the oil filter cover for another 1 turn.

6. Remove the oil filter cover and oil filter.

7. Use a clean rag to wipe off the mounting surface on the oil filter adapter and the oil filter cover.

8. Apply clean oil to the new O-ring of the oil filter cover.

9. Apply clean oil to the new O-ring of the oil filter drain plug.

10. Install the oil filter, oil filter drain plug, and oil filter cover.

11. 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: 9-10 N·m {91.8-101.9 kgf·cm, 79.6-88.4 in·lbf}

12. Remove the dipstick and verify that the oil level is between the MIN and MAX marks on the dipstick.

• If the oil level is below the MIN mark, add oil.

13. Start the engine and inspect for oil leakage.

14. Inspect the oil level.

• If necessary, add oil. (See ENGINE OIL LEVEL INSPECTION [LF, L3].)

15. Install the under cover.

Spin-on Type

1. Remove the under cover.

2. Remove the oil filter using a commercially available, cap-type oil filter wrench (diameter- 76 mm {3.0 in}, 15 sided).

3. Use a clean rag to wipe off the mounting surface.

4. Apply clean engine oil to the gasket of a new oil filter.

5. Tighten the oil filter with specified tightening torque.

Tightening torque

15-20 N·m {1.6-2.0 kgf·m, 11-14 ft·lbf}

6. Remove the dipstick and verify that the oil level is MIN and MAX marks on the dipstick.

• If the oil level is below the MIN mark, add oil.

7. Start the engine and inspect for oil leakage.

8. Inspect the oil level.

• If necessary, add oil. (See ENGINE OIL LEVEL INSPECTION [LF, L3].)

9. Install the under cover.