Hello, John Talley here with partzilla.com.
Today I'm going to show you how to do a simple oil change on our 2003 Honda Rancher 350TM.
Really a simple procedure, just need to start it up, let it warm up, get all that oil flowing
so it's easier to drain.
Plus, I'm going to lift it up so it'll be easier to work on.
So let me get that done, and we'll get started.
Alright, this is going to be a skill level one, so it's not going to be really that tough.
As far as the tools you're going to need, All you need is just an 8mm and a 17mm socket.
As far as the parts, if you would reference our parts diagrams, make sure you're got the
right oil, you've got the correct oil filter.
Once you've got all that put together I can show you how to get it done, so let's get
started.
Alright guys, we've got it heated up, so let's go ahead and get that oil dumped out of there.
Tell you what, before we take out the drain plug, let's go ahead and remove the dipstick.
That way the oil will flow out a little bit easier-- at least having it loose.
Alright, it's a 17mm, a little bit toward the gearshift about center line of the engine.
Whenever I do an oil change, I want to make sure that what I'm draining into is pretty
clean, because the oil that comes out kinda gives you a picture or a snapshot of what's
going on in the engine, so, if there's any deposits or a bearing wearing out somewhere,
it's going to show in the oil.
Alright, so far that just looks like regular old use oil that needed to be changed.
Alright is looks like it's finished up.
Before we reinstall the drain plug let's make sure that the little crush washer is in pretty
good shape.
If yours has any nicks in it or scrapes you might want to replace it.
Cheap insurance to keep it from leaking, but this one looks to be in good shape and we're
going to go back in.
Just need to get it snugged back down.
That ought to
do it.
Alright, next let's go after that oil filter.
And I guarantee you a little bit's going to drain out so pull your drain pan over to catch
anything that seeps out.
And it's just held in by three 8mm bolts.
Let's go ahead and get them out now that they're broken loose.
And it looks like they're all three the same length, so there's no mixing them up.
Now let's go ahead and take this out.
Told you it was going to make a bit of a mess.
Alright, notice the way it came out.
They make it really easy on Honda, they actually have it stamped outside, that means it needs
to go to the outer cover of the engine.
Also there's a spring in here that you don't need to lose.
Make sure it's in place when you install the new one.
Alright, so let's go ahead and pop in our new filter.
One more time, make sure you've got the outside stamp right here, then slide her in against
that spring.
Now we can put on this outer cover.
When you're lifting up the cover to put it on there, there's actually an indention here
and a protrusion right here on the cover.
You want to make sure that lines up.
Then we can press it on.
Alright, we've got them in there hand-tight, now we're going to go ahead and tighten it
down.
You want to make sure you do it evenly as far as the three different bolts to make sure
that this cover seats square.
Before we remove our drain pan, let's go ahead and clean off all this oil just using a little
brake cleaner just spray it down.
Alright, so we've got our drain plug back in, we've got our new filter in, so let's
go around and go ahead and fill it up.
Alright, the dipstick's on the right side of the machine, but the fill is over here
on the left.
So let's get her opened up.
It holds in between two and three quarts.
We're going to go ahead and dump in two, run it for just a few seconds, and then set the
level.
Now the oil I'm using is just a GN-4, it's a good all-around oil, especially for utility-type
machine like this one.
So, let's close it up, crank it up just for a few seconds, and then we can see where we
are as far as setting the level.
Alright, so let's see where we are.
I told you this machine holds between two and three quarts.
Yeah, it holds exactly 2.1 quarts.
So guess what?
I'm betting that two quarts is going to be more than enough to get this on the full mark.
And it is.
It's actually a tick above.
But it's been sitting for a few minutes.
SO, that pretty much finishes this one up.
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