Engine Manual 8
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE
Protect yourself and your equipment by properly maintaining your engine. Proper
engine maintenance is necessary for safe, economical, and trouble-free operation.
WARNING
Improperly maintaining this engine, or failure to correct a problem before
operation, can cause a malfunction in which you can be seriously hurt or killed.
WARNING
Always follow the inspection and maintenance recommendations and schedules
in this owner’s manual.
To prevent accidental starting when working on equipment, always:
• Carefully disconnect spark plug wires and keep it away from spark plug.
• Keep the disconnected spark plug wire securely away from metal parts where
arcing could occur.
• Disconnect battery at negative terminal rst, if engine is equipped with a DC electric
starter.
• Turn all engine switches to “OFF” position.
• Remove ignition key, if provided.
To assist you in properly caring for your engine, the following pages include routine
inspection procedures and simple maintenance procedures using basic hand tools.
Service tasks that are more difcult or which require special tools should be handled
by professionals and are normally performed by a service technician or qualied
mechanic.
If you operate your engine under stressful conditions such as sustained high-
load or high-temperature operation, or use your engine in unusually wet or dusty
conditions, servicing should be more frequent. Consult your service technician for
recommendations applicable to your individual needs and use.
MAINTENANCE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
This manual contains very important safety precautions. However, we cannot warn
you of every conceivable hazard that can arise while performing maintenance. You
must decide whether or not you should perform a given task and always be safety
conscious.
V. Maintenance
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