6-MAINTENANCE
NOTICE:Anyproblemintheenginefuelinjectionequip-
mentassociatedwithnon-compliancetothefollowing
conditionsforbiodieselfuelhandlingandmaintenance
willnotbecoveredforWarrantybyCASECONSTRUC-
TION.
Purchasebiodieselfuelfromatrustedsupplierwho
understandstheproductandmaintainsacceptablefuel
quality.
TheuseofbiodieselblendsuptoB7willnotvoid
theCASECONSTRUCTIONwarrantyaslongasthe
followingconditionsforbiodieselfuelhandlingandmain-
tenancearestringentlyfollowed:
Biodieselfuelmustbepre-blendedbythesupplier.Mixing
biodieselfuelson-sitecanresultinanincorrectmixture
thatcoulddamagetheengineand/orfuelsystem.
NOTICE:CASECONSTRUCTIONmayvoidyourwar-
rantyiftheproblemisassociatedwithpoorfuelquality
duetoimproperblending.Itistheresponsibilityofthe
fuelsupplierand/oryourselftoensuretherighttypeof
fuelandblendisdeliveredandused.
Storage
Themachineshouldnotbestoredforlongperiodswithout
changingthedieselfuelinthefuelsystem.
NOTICE:Biodieselishighlyhygroscopicandtendstocol-
lectwatermorethandieselfuel.Thisincreasestheriskof
algaeandbacteriagrowthwhichcancauseseveredam-
agetothefuelinjectionsystem.Keepthemachinefuel
tanksandon-sitestoragetanksasfullaspossibletolimit
theamountofairandwatervaporsinsidethetank.Drain
waterfromthetanksatleastonceaweek.
Ifthemachineshouldbestoredforlongperiods,make
suretoreplacethedieselfueleverythreemonthsatmost.
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