Maintenance
Recommended Maintenance Schedule(s)
Maintenance Service
Interval
Maintenance Procedure
After the first 25 hours
• Change the engine oil.
Before each use or daily
• Check the engine oil level.
• Check the water trap.
• Clean debris from the air-cleaner housing.
• Inspect the air cleaner element.
Every 50 hours
• Clean the air filter element. Clean it more frequently in dusty operating conditions.
Every 100 hours
• Change the engine oil.
• Check the battery cable connections.
Every 300 hours
• Replace the paper air-cleaner element. Replace it more frequently in dusty operating
conditions.
• Change the eccentric oil.
Every 500 hours
• Replace the fuel filter.
• Adjust the belt.
Every 1,000 hours
• Clean the oil filter.
Monthly
• Check the eccentric-oil level.
Yearly
• Change the eccentric oil.
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Service Interval:
Before each use or daily—Inspect the air
cleaner element.
Every 50 hours—Clean the air filter element. Clean it
more frequently in dusty operating conditions.
Every 300 hours/Yearly (whichever comes
first)—Replace the paper air-cleaner element. Replace
it more frequently in dusty operating conditions.
Important:
Do not operate the engine without the air
filter assembly; extreme engine damage will occur.
1.
Set the throttle to slow, stop the engine, and wait for
all moving parts to stop.
2.
Unscrew the plastic wing nut and remove the cover
(Figure 17).
Figure 17
1.
Wing nut
3.
Unscrew the nut and remove the paper element (Figure
18).
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