Checking The Transmission Oil Level And Topping Up - APRILIA MX 125 Manual De Instrucciones

CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION
OIL LEVEL AND TOPPING UP
Carefully read pag. 36 (TRANSMISSION
OIL) and pag. 55 (MAINTENANCE).
Check gearbox oil level every 4000 km.
Change gearbox oil at the end of the
running in period and every 12000 km
afterwards, see pag. 61 (CHANGING THE
TRANSMISSION OIL).
CHECKING
CAUTION
Position the vehicle on firm and flat
ground.
Stop the engine and let it cool down for
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at least ten minutes, in order to allow the
oil to flow back to the oil pan and to cool
down.
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Keep the vehicle in vertical position, with
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the two wheels resting on the ground.
CAUTION
The non-performance of the operations
described above may result in a wrong
measurement of the level.
Make sure that oil level (1) is above one
◆
fourth of the level (MIN).
CAUTION
The oil level must neither exceed a half
of the height of the glass, nor fall below
one fourth. In the first case the excess
oil would flow out of the oil pan; in the
s e c o n d c a s e t h e e n g i n e m a y g e t
seriously damaged.
TOPPING UP
If it were necessary to top up, proceed as
follows:
Unscrew and remove the filling cap (2).
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Pour a small quantity of oil see pag. 88
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1
(LUBRICANT CHART), and wait for
about one minute to allow the oil to
evenly flow inside the casing.
Make sure that oil level (1) is above one
◆
fourth of the level (MIN).
If the oil level is below the specified limit,
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top up again with small amounts of oil,
and then check oil level again through
sight glass (1).
Once finished, screw and tighten filler
◆
cap (2) .
Tighten the filling cap thoroughly and
make sure that there are no oil leaks.
Periodically check that there are no
leaks in correspondence with the oil
pan cover seal.
Do not use the vehicle with insufficient
lubrication or with contaminated or
unsuitable lubricants, since this would
accelerate the wear of the moving parts
and may also cause irreparable failures.
WARNING