TM 9-6115-668-13
4.30 OIL FILTER MAINTENANCE.
This task covers:
a. Removal
b. Installation
INITIAL SETUP
Tools
Equipment Conditions
General Mechanic’s Tool Kit
Reference
(item 2, appendix B)
Generator Set 150 kW shut
Automotive Fuel and Electrical System Repair, Tool Kit
down, paragraph 2.5.2
(item 3, appendix B)
Oil filter wrench (item 8, appendix B
Materials/Parts
Oil Filter
REMOVAL
1.
Open flap (2, figure 4-36).
NOTE
Place a drain pan under the oil filter and dispose of waste oil in accor-
dance with local ordnances.
2.
Pump out oil with scavenge pump (3) (paragraph 2.3.2.3).
3.
Loosen oil filter (5) using oil filter wrench, then unscrew by hand and remove.
4.
Clean sealing surface of filter mount on engine.
INSTALLATION
1.
Apply a thin coating of oil to rubber seal (6) of the new oil filter (5).
CAUTION
Do not use tools to install the oil filter.
2.
Place oil filter (5) on filter mount, thread on by hand until rubber seal (6) contacts sealing surface,
and tighten with both hands.
3.
Fill with oil (paragraph 2.3.2.3).
4. Close flap (2).
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