TroubleshootingtheMachine
Problem
PossibleCauseCorrectiveAction
1.Theparkingbrakeisnotengaged.1.Engagetheparkingbrake.
2.Thebatterydoesnothaveafull
charge.
2.Chargethebattery;refertothe
ChargingtheBattery,andJump
StartingtheMachineproceduresinthe
Maintenancesection.
3.Anelectricalconnection(s)iscorroded,
looseorfaulty.
3.Checktheelectricalconnection(s)
forgoodcontact.Cleanthe
connectorterminalsthoroughlywith
electrical-contactcleaner,apply
dielectricgreasetotheterminals,and
connecttheconnectors.
4.Afuseisblown.4.Replacetheblownfuse.
Thestarterdoesnotrotatetheengine.
5.Arelayorswitchiswornordamaged.
5.ContactanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
1.Thefueltankisempty.1.Fillthefueltankwithfuel.
2.Thefuel-shutoffvalveisclosed.2.Openthefuel-shutoffvalve.
3.Thethrottleleverorchokeleveror
botharenotinthecorrectposition.
3.Movethethrottlecontrolismidway
betweentheSLOWandFASTpositions.
SetthechoketotheONpositionwhen
startingacoldengineorsetthechoke
totheOFFpositionwhenstartinga
warmengine.
4.Thereisdirtinfuelstrainer.4.Cleanorreplacethefuelstrainer
(bottomoffueltank).
5.Thereisdirt,water,orstalefuelisin
thefuelsystem.
5.ContactanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
6.Theair-lterelementsaredirty.
6.Cleanthefoam-lterelementor
replacethepaper-lterelement.
7.Anelectricalconnection(s)iscorroded,
looseorfaulty.
7.Checktheelectricalconnection(s)
forgoodcontact.Cleanthe
connectorterminalsthoroughlywith
electrical-contactcleaner,apply
dielectricgreasetotheterminals,and
connecttheconnectors.
8.Arelayorswitchiswornordamaged.
8.ContactanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
9.Thesparkplugisfaulty.9.Clean,adjustorreplacesparkplug.
Theenginedoesnotstart,itstartshard,or
itfailstokeeprunning.
10.Thespark-plugwireisnotconnected
tothesparkplug.
10.Checkthespark-plugwireconnection
atthesparkplug.
1.Theengineloadisexcessive.
1.Reducethegroundspeedofthe
machine.
2.Theair-lterelementsaredirty.
2.Cleanthefoam-lterelementor
replacethepaper-lterelement.
3.Theoillevelintheengineislow.3.Addoilintotheenginetotheproper
oillevel.
4.Thecoolingnsandtheairpassages
fortheenginearepluggedwithdirtor
debris.
4.Cleanthecoolingnsandtheair
passages.
5.
Theventholeinthefuelcapisplugged.5.Cleantheventholeorreplacethefuel
cap.
6.Thereisdirtinthefuelstrainer.
6.
Cleanorreplacethefuelstrainer
(bottomoffueltank).
Theenginelosespower.
7.Thereisdirt,water,orstalefuelisin
thefuelsystem.
7.ContactanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
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