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How To Change Engine Oil on a Kubota Zero Turn Mower
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we have a kubota z726x here and today
we're going to change the engine oil and
the oil filter so stick around
one thing to mention is that before i do
any work on my equipment i always make
sure to clean it up first for this
machine i just use some standard car
wash soap some degreaser rags and soft
brushes i use a garden hose i don't use
a pressure washer and i towel dry it
with some old bath towels it's much more
pleasant to work on a clean machine
all right this is what you're gonna need
to change the oil um
you'll need some oil i always use
oem if i can so i got some kawasaki
sc30 which it recommends i got brake
clean and paper towels just to clean
everything up
the uh
the recommended oil filter from kawasaki
and then just a jug enough in a uh
funnel to put stuff back in and then
this drain bolt's a little bit weird you
need a hex um an allen head basically
and this is a six millimeter
the other thing i'm using is this led
light you know that flexes
um i'll put a link down to the
description of that too but it's pretty
handy
to uh get in here so this is a really
weird
bolt oh my but my light just went dead
uh we'll see if we can get this in here
before it goes dead this hex key needs
to fit
basically
into this drain hole
like that
and then you gotta wiggle it in really
good
it's just it's kind of weird
and then you get your ratchet on there
like that
and uh
do his head up
and it should start draining out of that
port
i just stick my hand in there and loosen
it up
hopefully
like that
your oil should start to come out of
here
like that
and then once your oil starts to come
out
crack your dipstick
open it up just let it breathe a little
bit and you'll get a nice flow of oil
out of here
and then you just wait
until it's drained
while that oil is draining out your uh
your
oil filter is right here just above the
oil on the back of the engine so the oil
is draining out down here
you can barely see it but it's draining
out just right there and then the oil
filters up here and hopefully
we didn't have a crazy
person put this oil filter on we can
just loosen it with our hand
yep and so it's got a little lip at the
bottom
right here that kind of guides the oil
when you crack it loose it's gonna
it's really dumb it drains right on top
of your sensor right there
i'm not sure what sensor that is but
that is
in my opinion not the smartest
design
but
oh well
we'll wipe it off when we're done
but you just spin your oil filter off
like that
let your oil keep draining out
and once all the soil's drained out
or mostly drained out you're going to
want to clean up this surface really
good
i use brake clean and some paper towels
that's it
i just hit it a little bit with brake
clean and i clean up this surface real
good this is where the o-ring of the oil
filter sits
so you want it nice and clean when you
put your new one on
so there we go that's looks really good
cleaned up
then we'll just let that oil keep
draining
i'm going to wipe off the sensor just a
little bit that oil gets all over here
and then clean up where that oil drips
down on the oil filter too
just keep that nice and clean in there
keep everything clean
and then get your new oil filter
and what you're going to want to do
is oil this o-ring with your fingers
and uh
just coat this o-ring
you want to just be nice and smooth when
it gets on that surface you don't want
to dry rot
and then
you know it tells you to do that right
on it coat the
coat the
filter gasket with oil
uh and then tighten it with your hands
about three quarter turns after the
gasket starts to touch
so you put the filter on here
you'll kind of see the gasket start to
touch right about there
and then you want to go three quarters
of a turn so i usually look at some of
the
some of the letters on the filter
or just pick a point and you'll kind of
be able to see three quarters of a turn
so that's about
half
probably about three quarters right
there
and it might not feel that tight but i'm
telling you if you put that thing on
crazy tight you're not gonna get it back
off
so
all right that's still draining but uh
it's generally really good practice
what i do is take this dipstick out
wipe it down real good
and then all this nasty stuff in here
clean this thing up you want to be nice
and shiny
blow it out with your
with compressed air with your hands or
whatever and check that out
nice and clean
uh and then the other thing you want to
do is wipe these threads be careful to
wipe kind of out you don't want any of
that dirt to fall into the um thing
and then wipe your threads down real
good
clean everything up
i just uh i want to keep everything as
clean as possible all the time
it makes it much easier
just to kind of see if you have problems
if you have a leak etc and i even clean
all the way down by the filler neck
where it goes into the engine i just
clean everything up
and you'll always be able to see if
there's oil somewhere you'll know it's
new oil
and uh
you'll kind of know you have a problem
okay i tightened my drain plug back down
and uh it says to use 2.4
quarts of oil
so i'll probably put in like 2.3
or something and then check it
but that's all there is to it fill up
the oil and check the dipstick
i've got i don't know two little over
two quarts in there
and it takes a minute for the oil to
drain down this
dipstick
uh hole so you put your dipstick in and
it may like it looks like it's way over
the full mark right now but it's not
really it's just draining down that
um draining down this tube so just give
it a minute to drain down and just keep
checking it take a decent reading and
just fill it up until you get
between your uh
add and full line you want to basically
be somewhere in here
and then you're done that's it
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