Stihl FS 450 - Starting and Stopping the Engine; Starting

FS 400, FS 450
English
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Control Handle
Controls
1 Throttle trigger lockout
2 Throttle trigger
3 Slide control
Positions of slide control
4STOP-0 – engine off – ignition is
switched off
5 F – normal run position – the engine
is running or can start
6START – ignition is switched on –
the engine can start
Symbol on slide control
7 h – stop symbol and arrow. To stop
the engine, push the slide control in
the direction of the arrow on the stop
symbol (h) to STOP-0.
Starting
N Press down the trigger lockout lever
and squeeze the throttle trigger
N and hold them in that position.
N Move the slide control to START
and hold it there.
N Now release the throttle trigger,
slide control and trigger lockout in
that order. This is the starting
throttle position.
N Set the choke knob (8)
N Press the manual fuel pump
bulb (9) at least five times – even if
the bulb is filled with fuel.
N Press in the decompression valve
button for each starting attempt.
Starting / Stopping the
Engine
3
STOP
56
4
7
002BA182 KN
1
2
START
STOP-
g if the engine is cold
e for warm start – also use this posi-
tion if the engine has been running
but is still cold.
250BA018 KN
9
8
256BA094 KN