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MAINTENANCE
Oil Pump Adjustment Procedure
250 and 300 Engines
1. Before adjusting the oil pump,
check engine idle RPM and car-
buretor adjustments which are
found in the owner’s manual sup-
plement.
2. Remove electronic throttle con-
trol (ETC) cover.
3. Loosen throttle cable jam nutand
turn adjusterin or out until there is
1/16″ (.16 cm) of throttle lever
travelbeforethrottleslide starts to
open.
4. Place very slight pressure on the
throttleleveruntilallfreeplay is re-
moved from throttle cable (to the
point where the carb slide is just
starting to rise).
5. Loosen locknut. Turn adjuster in
or out until all freeplay is removed
from oil pump cable (the point
where the oil pump arm is just
starting to move off of its stop).
The pump stop k eeps the pump
arm from rotating any farther
down than the idle position so no
visual alignment of marks is nec-
essary. Tighten the locknut
Lever
Locknut
Cable Adjuster
Locknut
Lever Arm
