Checks-Ups, Adjustments And Maintenance; Lubricating Oil Checking - Serpento DEFENDER Manual De Usuario Y Mantenimiento

V. Checks-ups, adjustments and maintenance

Lubricating Oil Checking

The vehicle should be checked for en-gine lubrication oil before drive each day.
The oil level should be between the up¬per and lower lines of the oil gauge fitted in a screw plug, which is on the right cover of the crankcase.
1.Set the motorcycle on ground verti-cally, screw off the oil gage plug, wipe the oil gage rod clean and then insert the unit into the crankcase
again to check the oil level. To do this,there is no need to screw the oil gage plug into its hole in the crank-case.
2.Add lubricating oil up to the upper line when needed,but do not overfill.
3.Finally screw on the oil gage plug tightly.
Machine oil gauge
Caution:
Never start the engine when there is insufficient lubricating oil, Other-wise, it will cause harm to the engine.
Lubricating Oil Recom-mended
The lubricating oil is an important factor affecting the performance and service life of the engine. For this ve-hicle is used the gasoline engine
lubri-cating oil(usually knwn as machine oil for vehicles) specified in China Na-tional Standard GB485-8l It is not per-mitted to use ordinary
machine oil, wg¬etable oil or crude castor oil.
Lubricating oils of different viscos-ity shall be employed in different re gions and at different temperatures.
For details, please see the attached chart.
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