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To help you properly care for your engine, the following pages include a maintenance schedule, routine
inspection procedures, and simple maintenance procedures using basic hand tools. Other service tasks that
are more difficult, or require special tools, are best handled by professionals and are normally performed by our
technician or other qualified mechanics.
If you operate your engine under severe conditions, such as sustained high-load or high-temperature operation,
or use in unusual wet or dusty conditions, consult your servicing dealer for recommendations applicable to your
needs and use.
9.2
MAINTENANCE SAFETY
Some of the most important safety precautions follow. However, we cannot warn you of every conceivable
hazard that can arise in performing maintenance. Only you can decide whether or not you should perform a
given task.
WARNING:
Failure to properly follow the maintenance instructions and precautions can cause you to be
seriously hurt or killed. Always follow the procedures and precautions in this owner's manual.
9.3
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
●Make sure the engine is off before you begin any maintenance or repairs. This will eliminate several potential
hazards:
-Carbon monoxide poisoning from engine exhaust.
●Be sure there is adequate ventilation whenever you operate the engine.
-Burns from hot parts.
●Let the engine and exhaust system cool before touching.
-Injury from moving parts.
●Do not run the engine unless instructed to do so.
●Read the instructions before you begin, and make sure you have the tools and skills required.
●To reduce the possibility of fire or explosion, be careful when working around gasoline. Use only a
nonflammable solvent, not gasoline, to clean parts. Keep cigarettes, sparks and flames away from all fuel
related parts.
● Remember that an authorized servicing dealer of our company knows your engine best and is fully equipped
to maintain and repair it.
●To ensure the best quality and reliability; use only our new genuine parts or their equivalents for repair and
replacement.
9.4 MAINTENANCE SHCEDULE
● Service more frequently when used in dusty areas.
● Change engine oil every 25 hours when used under heavy load or in high ambient temperatures
● These items should be serviced by an authorized servicing dealer of our company, unless you have the
proper tools and are mechanically proficient.
● For commercial use, long hours of operation to determine proper maintenance intervals.
