Servicing the Fuel Filter
Service Interval : Every 400 hours
Servicing the Fuel Filter
Models 31900 and 31901
1. Rotate the fuel-valve lever to the O FF position
( Figure 59 ).
2. Clean the area around the fuel-lter head
( Figure 59 ).
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Figure 59
1. Fuel-lter head 3. O FF position (fuel-valve
lever)
2. Fuel lter 4. ON position (fuel-valve
lever)
3. Remove the lter and clean the lter head
mounting surface ( Figure 59 ).
4. Lubricate the lter gasket with clean lubricating
engine oil; refer to the engine owner's manual
for additional information.
5. Install the dry lter canister by hand until the
gasket contacts the lter head, then rotate it an
additional 1/2 turn.
6. Rotate the fuel-valve lever to the O N position
( Figure 59 ).
7. Start the engine and check for fuel leaks around
the lter head.
Servicing the Fuel Filter
Models 31907 and 31909
1. Clean the area around the fuel-lter head
( Figure 60 ).
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Figure 60
1. Fuel lter 2. Fuel-lter head
2. Remove the lter and clean the lter head
mounting surface ( Figure 60 ).
3. Lubricate the lter gasket with clean lubricating
engine oil; refer to the engine owner's manual
for additional information.
4. Install the dry lter canister by hand until the
gasket contacts the lter head, then rotate it an
additional 1/2 turn.
5. Start the engine and check for fuel leaks around
the lter head.
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