Checking The Transmission Oil Level And Topping Up - APRILIA RS 125 - 2006 Manual

CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION
OIL LEVEL AND TOPPING UP
Carefully read page 25 (TRANSMISSION
OIL) and page 43 (MAINTENANCE).
Check the transmission oil level every 4000
km (2500 mi), change it after the first 1000
km (625 mi) and successively every 12000
km (7500 mi), see page 49 (CHANGING
THE TRANSMISSION OIL).
48 use and maintenance RS 125
CHECKING
Position the vehicle on firm and
flat ground.
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Stop the engine and let it cool down for
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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Remove the left fairing, see page 56
(REMOVING THE SIDE FAIRINGS).
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Keep the vehicle in vertical position, with
the two wheels resting on the ground.
The non-performance of the
operations described above may
result in a wrong measurement of the
level.
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Make sure that the oil level is included
between one fourth (MIN) and a half
(MAX) of the height of the glass (1).
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 second case the
engine may get seriously damaged.
TOPPING UP
If it were necessary to top up, proceed as
follows:
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Unscrew and remove the filling cap (2).
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Pour a small quantity of oil and wait
about one minute, to allow the oil to flow
uniformly inside the pan.
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Make sure that the oil level is included
between one fourth (MIN) and a half
(MAX) of the height of the glass (1).
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If this is not the case, top up again with
small quantities of oil and repeat the
check through the glas s (1), until
reaching the prescribed level (MAX).
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At the end of the operation, screw and
tighten the filling cap (2).
T i g h t e n t h e f i l l i n g
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.
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