FuelSystem
Maintenance
ServicingtheFuelSystem
DrainingWaterfromtheFuelTank
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
1.Stoptheengine.
2.Placeadrainpanunderthedrainpluginthefueltank.
3.Unscrewthedrainplugfromthefueltankanddrain
thewater(Figure70).
Figure70
1.Fueltank3.Drainpan
2.Drainplug
4.Whencleanfuelappears,installthedrainplugand
tightenitsecurely(Figure70).
5.Checkthefueltankdrainplugforleaks.
SiphoningWaterfromtheFuelTank
Note:Siphoningwaterfromthefueltankisanalternative
todrainingwaterfromthefueltank;refertoDrainingWater
fromtheFuelTank(page49).
1.Removethefuelcapfromthefueltank(Figure71).
Figure71
1.Intakehose(bottomofthe
tank)
3.Siphoningequipment
2.Fuelcap4.Drainpan
2.Routetheintakehoseofthesiphoningequipment
throughthellerneckofthefueltankandtothe
bottomofthetank(Figure71).
3.Directthedischargehoseofthesiphoningequipment
intoadrainpan(Figure71).
4.Siphonthetankuntilcleanfuelappears.
5.Removethesiphoningequipmentfromthetank.
6.Installthefuelcapontothellerneckofthefueltank
(Figure71).
ReplacingtheFuelTankBreather
ServiceInterval:Every1,000hours
1.Removetheleftsidepanel;refertoRemovingtheSide
Panels(page44).
2.Attheforwardsideoftheenginecompartmentpanel,
removethebreatherfromthepipecouplingbyrotating
thebreathercounterclockwise(Figure72).
Note:Discardtheoldbreather.
Figure72
1.Fueltankbreather2.Pipecoupling
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