FuelTankCapacity
43.5L(11.5USgallons)
FillingtheFuelTank
Important:Thefueltanksareconnected,butthe
fueldoesnottransferquicklyfromonetanktothe
other.Itisimportantwhenllingthatyoupark
onalevelsurface.Ifyouparkonahill,youmay
inadvertentlyoverllthetanks.
Important:Donotoverllthefueltanks.
Important:Donotopenthefueltankswhen
parkedonahill.Thefuelcouldspillout.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
Important:Thefueltanksareconnected,
butthefueldoesnottransferquicklyfrom
onetanktotheother.Itisimportantwhen
llingthatyouparkonalevelsurface.Ifyou
parkonahill,youmayinadvertentlyoverll
thetanks.
2.Shuttheengineoffandsettheparkingbrake.
3.Cleanaroundeachfueltankcapandremove
thecap.
Important:Donotopenthefueltankswhen
parkedonahill.Thefuelcouldspillout.
4.Addfueltobothfueltanks,untiltheleveliseven
withthebottomofthellerneck(Figure11).Do
notoverllthefueltanks.
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Figure11
1.Bottomofthellerneck
5.Installthefueltankcapssecurely.Wipeupany
fuelthatmayhavespilled.
Note:Ifpossible,llthefueltanksaftereachuse.
Thiswillminimizepossiblebuildupofcondensation
insidethefueltank.
CheckingtheEngine-Oil
Level
Beforeyoustarttheengineandusethemachine,
checktheoillevelintheenginecrankcase;referto
ServicingtheEngineOil(page53).
CheckingtheCooling
System
Beforeyoustarttheengineandusethemachine,
checkthecoolingsystem;refertoCheckingthe
CoolingSystem(page59).
CheckingtheHydraulic
System
Beforeyoustarttheengineandusethemachine,
checkthehydraulicsystem;refertoCheckingthe
HydraulicSystem(page67).
Usingthe
Rollover-ProtectionSystem
(ROPS)
WARNING
Toavoidinjuryordeathfromrollover:keep
therollbarintheraisedlockedpositionand
usetheseatbelt.
Ensurethattherearpartoftheseatissecured
withtheseatlatch.
WARNING
Thereisnorolloverprotectionwhentheroll
barisinthedownposition.
•Lowertherollbaronlywhenabsolutely
necessary.
•Donotweartheseatbeltwhentherollbar
isinthedownposition.
•Driveslowlyandcarefully.
•Raisetherollbarassoonasclearance
permits.
•Checkcarefullyforoverheadclearances
(i.e.branches,doorways,electricalwires)
beforedrivingunderanyobjectsanddo
notcontactthem.
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