Adding oil to power trim & tilt

HOT57FORD

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I have a 1999 johnson 50 horse engine whats the prosedure for adding oil to the power trim & tilt unit t5hanks for your help!!!!!!!!
 

Chris1956

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Re: Adding oil to power trim & tilt

If it is like my '98 Johnny, tilt it all the way up and with the boat level, remove reservoir cap and fill with Dextron II ATF. If you need to bleed it, fill it, cycle it down and up and leave it up for 5 minutes to allow air to bubble out. Refill and repeat sequence several times, until no more air is present.
 

fishfeatures

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Re: Adding oil to power trim & tilt

raise the motor and the oil resevoir behind it has a flat head screw that you take off. Fill it up with correct oil, put back in the screw firmly, raise and lower the motor afew times to get rid of any air in the sytem, repeat these steps until you can't get any more into the resevoir and then you know your system is full.
 
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