Honda CRF450R User Manual

38 Servicing Your Honda
Engine Oil
8. Remove the left engine guard bolt (4) and left
engine guard (5).
12. Apply grease to the seat face of the spring
(10).
13. Position the spring against the engine
crankcase and install a new oil filter with the
rubber seal (11) facing out, away from the
engine. You should see the ”OUT-SIDE” mark
(12) on the filter body, near the seal.
Use a new genuine Honda oil filter or a filter
of equal quality specified for your model.
If the oil filter is not installed properly, it will
cause serious engine damage.
14. Install the oil filter cover O-ring and oil filter
cover being careful not to damage the O-ring,
then tighten the oil filter cover bolts to the
specified forque:
9 lbf·ft (12 N·m, 1.2 kgf·m)
15. Install the left engine guard and left engine
guard bolt.
16. Fill the crankcase with the recommended oil.
Capacity:
0.73 US qt (0.69R)
at oil and filter change
0.70 US qt (0.66R)
at oil change
17. Install the engine oil filler cap.
18. Check the engine oil level by following the
steps in
Checking & Adding oil (page 37).
NOTICE
(4) left engine guard bolt
(5) left engine guard
9. Remove the oil filter cover bolts (6) and oil
filter cover (7).
(6) oil filter cover bolts
(7) oil filter cover
(8) oil filter
(9) oil filter cover O-ring
(10) spring
(11) rubber seal
(12) “OUT-SIDE” mark
(5)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(9)
(8)
(11)
(10)
(12)
10. Remove the oil filter (8) from the cover.
11. Check that the oil filter cover O-ring (9) is in
good condition.

Honda CRF450R Specifications

General

Brand	Honda
Model	CRF450R
Category	Motorcycle
Language	English