MAINTENANCE,CLEANING&STORAGE
WARNING
Impropermaintenance&storageofthemachinemayvoidyourwarranty.Keepthemachinecleanforbetter
andsaferperformance.
MAINTENANCE
• Beforeeachuse,checkallnuts&boltsareinplaceandsufficientlytightened.
• Werecommendonlymanufactureroriginalpartsareusedwhenmaintainingthismachine.Failuretodoso
couldinvalidateyourmachineswarranty.
• Theenginemustbeswitchedoff,withthesparkplugcapremoved,beforethemachineisunassembled,
cleaned,servicedormaintained.
ADJUSTINGCARBURETOR
Donotadjustcarburetorunlessnecessary.Ifyouhavetroublewiththecarburetor,seeyourdealer.Improper
adjustmentmaycauseenginedamageandvoidthemachineswarranty.
SPARKPLUG
ChecktheSparkPlugafterevery10-15hoursofuse.
• RemovetheSparkPlugcap
• UsingtheSparkPlugSpannersupplied,removetheSparkPlugbyturningitanti-clockwise.
• Clean&adjusttheelectrodegapto0.6-0.7mm
• IftheSparkPlugisvisiblydamagedorworn,replaceimmediately(SeeSpecificationfordetails)
• Installthenew/cleanedSparkPlugtofingertightness,beforefullytighteningwiththespanner.
BLADESHARPENING
• Neverattempttosharpentheblade.Itisreversible,soshouldbeturnedoverwhenblunt.Theblademust
remainbalanced;anunbalancedbladewillcauseexcessivevibrationthroughthemachine.Alwayscheck
foranydamagebeforeeachuseandreplaceadamagedbladeimmediately,withanapproved
replacementpart.
CLEANING
AIRFILTER
Accumulateddustintheairfilterwillreduceengineefficiency,increasefuelconsumptionandallowabrasive
particlestopassintheengine.Remove&cleantheairfilterregularlytoensureoptimumperformance.
• Removetheairfiltercover,byreleasingthesecuringwingedscrewfromthefrontofthecover.
• Liftoffthecover.
• Removethespongeairfilterfromthehousing.
• Tapthefiltertoremovelightsurfacedust.
• HeavydepositsshouldbewashedoutoftheAirFilterinsoapywater.Allowthefiltertodrycompletely
beforerefitting.
FUELFILTER
• Thefuelsystemisfittedwithafilter.Itissituatedatthefreeendoffuelpipeandcanbepickedout
throughthefuelfillerneck,withapieceofhookedwireorsimilar.
• Checkthefuelfilterperiodically.Donotallowdusttoenterintothefueltank.Acloggedfilterwillcause
difficultyinstartingtheengineorabnormalitiesinengineperformance.
• Whenthefilterisdirty,replacethefilter.
• Whentheinsideofthefueltankisdirty,itcanbecleanedbyrinsingthetankoutwithpetrol.