Selva Sea Bass 4, Owner'S Manual

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CLEANING
Outside cleaning
SELVA
motors do not need much cleaning, to clean the
painted parts use a cloth soaked with water.
Do not use flammable solvents.
Cleaning cooling-water passages
Every now and then after using, clean the cooling-water
passages, in order to remove mud and salt, so that they do not
affect the performance of your motor.
You can carry out this cleaning operation in two different ways:
1 - Immerse the outboard motor without the propeller in a
vessel filled up with fresh-water, make sure that the
water level is over the height of the water inlets, so that
no irreparable damage could be caused to the motor.
Shift the gear-shift lever into neutral " N ". Start the
engine and run at low speed for a few minutes.
2- Connect a pipe of fresh-water to the hole for the engine
cleaning joint plug ( use the proper joint available in the
fittings series ). Stop the water inlets. Shift the gear-shift
lever into neutral. Start the engine and run at low speed
for a few minutes.
While cleaning the cooling water passages make
sure that water always circulates in the passages,
checking its running out of the pilot hole.
Fig. 59.
MAINTENANCE
Before doing any kind of maintenance or check operation,
switch off the engine and wait till it has cooled down, then
remove the spark plug cap, in order to avoid an accidental
staring.
Pay attention to the motor parts, which are still hot, so that you
do not burn yourself.
Some maintenance operations must be carried out by qualified
staff.
Contact
SELVA MARINE
after-sale service.
The following chart lists the periodic maintenance operations to
do on your motor.
The pointed out operations must be done by
qualified staff.