INTRODUCTION
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TYPICAL
ENGINE EMISSIONS
INFORMATION
Manufacturer's Responsibility
Manufacturers of engines must determine the
exhaust emission levels for each engine horse-
power family and certify these engines with
the United States of America Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). An emissions control
information label, showing emission levels and
engine specifications, must be placed on each
vehicle at the time of manufacture.
Dealer Responsibility
When servicing any vehicle that carry an emis-
sions control information label, adjustments must
be kept within published factory specifications.
Replace
ment or repair of any emission related
compone
nt must be executed in a manner that
maintai
ns emission levels within the prescribed
certifi
cation standards.
Dealers a re not to modify the engine in any man-
ner that would alter the horsepower or allow emis-
sion levels to exceed their predetermined factory
specifications.
Exceptions include manufacturers' prescribed
changes, such as altitude adjustments.
Owner Responsibility
The owner/operator is required to have engine
maintenance performed to maintain emission
levels within prescribed certification standards.
The owner/operator is not to, and should not al-
low anyone else to modify the engine in any man-
ner that would alter the horsepower or allow emis-
sions levels to exceed their predetermined factory
specifications.
Emission Regulations
The vehicle you are servicing may have been
certified to applicable emission regulations in
your country or state. Not as an exhaustive list;
this may include standards for engine exhaust
emissions, crankcase emissions, permeation
emissions and evaporative emissions. Servic-
ing procedures in this manual must be strictly
followed in order to keep the vehicle within the
factory specifications. Failure to follow servicing
procedures in this manual may lead a vehicle to
be out of compliance with applicable emission
regulations.
When servicing any vehicle; adjustments must be
kept within published factory specifications. Re-
placement or repair of any emission related com-
ponent must be executed in a manner that main-
tains emission levels w ithin the applicable certifi-
cation standards. Nobody is allowed to modify the
engine in any manner that would alter the horse-
power or allow emission levels to exceed their
predetermined factory specifications. Exceptions
include manufacturer’s prescribed changes.
The owner/operator is required to have engine
maintenance performed to maintain emission lev-
els within the prescribed certification standards.
The owner/operator is allowed and should not
allow anyone else to modify the engine in any
manner that would alter the horsepower or allow
emissions levels to exceed their predetermined
factory specifications.
MANUAL INFORMATION
MANUAL PROCEDURES
Many of the procedures in this manual are inter-
related. Before undertaking any task, you should
read and thoroughly understand the entire section
or subsection in which the procedure is contained.
A number of procedures throughout the book
require the use of special tools. Before com-
mencing any procedure, be sure that you have
on hand all the tools required, or their approved
equivalents.
The use of RIGHT (starboard) and LEFT (port) in-
dications in the text are always referenced to the
driving position (when sitting on the watercraft).
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