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MAKO SLINGSHOT OPERATORS GUIDE
DRAIN FLODDED ENGINE BY HAND
While using your jetboard, it may become necessary
to drain the engine of excess fuel or water ingression
by hand, should you have a battery or ignition system
issue. Don’t continually try to start the engine. If
there’s water in the engine, you’ll just compound the
damage.
TOOLS REQUIRED :
19mm (3/4”) Mako Spanner,
Cloth, Clean Lubrication Syringe
and Unleaded or 50:1 Mixed Fuel
1.
Ensure the battery pack is unplugged from the
battery housing located in the centre of the
board.
2.
Place the board on a stable surface. Remove
the spark plug cap to expose the insulator and
the terminal nut of the spark plug.
3.
Place the Mako spanner over the hex nut of the
spark plug. Exert some pressure while turning
the spanner in an anti-clockwise direction.
Don’t be afraid to use some strength, but do it
in an even, controlled manner.
4.
When the spark plug turns freely, finish the
job by turning it by hand until the plug is free
from the cylinder head. Check the spark plug
insulator and electrode for moisture.
5.
Place the jetboard on its right-hand rail edge,
with the cylinder head pointing downward. This
will allow the liquid to drain out through the
spark plug hole. Place a cloth underneath the
hole to aid catchment of the expelled liquid.
6.
Using the lubrication syringe, pull the plunger
back to draw up air into the syringe. You should
draw up 10ml of air, the same number of units
required to inject into the carburettor.
7.
Pour out a small quantity of 50:1 mixed fuel or
unleaded petrol into a container. Submerge the
syringe tip into the fuel and inject the air into
the liquid. This helps you to draw up the fuel
from the container.
8.
Draw up 10ml of fuel plus a couple of millilitres
extra. With the syringe still upright, push the
plunger into the syringe until the required 10ml
of fuel remains in the syringe.
9.
Place the syringe tip into the air intake and push
the plunger into the syringe until 10ml of fuel
has entered the carburettor.
10.
With a firm grip, grasp the drive coupling and
rotate in an anti-clockwise direction. This in
turn rotates the crank shaft, driving the piston
up and down the crankshaft and expelling
the fuel or water ingression from the cylinder
through the spark plug hole.
11.
Keep rotating the drive coupling until no further
fuel or water is being expelled from the spark
plug hole.
IF YOU DO NOT PLAN ON REINSTALLING A
CHARGED BATTERY PACK OR CARRYING
OUT ANY REQUIRED REPAIR FOR A LENGTHY
PERIOD OF TIME, IT IS ADVISED TO TRANSPORT
OR STORE THE ENGINE CONTAINING ADEQUATE
FUEL TO HELP PRESERVE KEY INTERNAL ENGINE
COMPONENTS.
12.
Orientate your jetboard so that the deck is
facing upward. Carefully begin threading the
spark plug back into the cylinder head by hand.
Finish tighening the spark plug with the Mako
spanner until you meet resistance. Don’t over-
tighten the spark plug as you can crack the
porcelain or damage the thread. Ensure a nice
and tight fit with no wiggle.
13.
Using the lubrication syringe, repeat stages
6 through 10 until you have injected a further
150ml of fuel into the engine.
14.
Repeat the engine drain procedure before
carrying out any required maintenance or
attempting to start the engine. Manually rotate
the drive coupling to remove the excess fuel
from the engine.
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