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PRE-OPERATION CHECKLIST
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GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
• Purchase gasoline in small quantities and store in clean, approved
containers.
• To minimize gum deposits in your fuel system and to insure easy
starting, do not use gasoline left over from the previous season.
• Do not add oil to the gasoline.
• Consider adding fuel stabilizer before running or starting the
generator.
FUEL TYPE
• For best results use only clean, fresh, unleaded gasoline with an
octane rating of 87 or higher.
GASOLINE/ALCOHOL BLENDS
Gasohol (up to 10% ethanol, 90% unleaded gasoline by volume) is
approved, as a fuel. Other gasoline/alcohol blends are not approved.
GASOLINE/ETHER BLENDS
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and unleaded gasoline blends (up
to a maximum of 15% MTBE by volume) are approved as a fuel. Other
gasoline/ether blends are not approved.
WARNING
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CHECK COMPONENT PARTS
Check following items before starting engine:
1. Fuel leakage from fuel hose, etc.
2. Bolts and nuts for looseness.
3. Components for damage or breakage.
4. Generator not resting on or against any adjacent wiring.