- 1). Press down on the handle on the rear of the engine cover. Lift the cover from the engine and set the cover aside.
- 2). Look for the large ring protruding upward from a tube on the starboard side--the engine's right side--of the engine block. This is the dipstick. Pull upward on the ring to remove the dipstick from its tube.
- 3). Wipe the dipstick with a rag. Reinsert the dipstick into its tube and count to five.
- 4). Withdraw the dipstick and look at the flat part of its end. The oil clinging to the dipstick indicates the level of the oil in the engine. If the oil is between the two lines on the flat area, the oil level is within tolerances.
- 5). Add oil to the motor if the oil level on the dipstick is between the tip of the dipstick and the lower of the two lines. Continue adding oil until the level on the dipstick is between the two lines.
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