Engine Maintenance
Engine Safety
•
Shut off the engine before checking the oil or
adding oil to the crankcase.
•
Keep your hands, feet, face, clothing, and other
body parts away the muffler and other hot surfaces.
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Service Interval:
Before each use or daily—Inspect
the air-cleaner elements.
Every 50 hours—Clean the air-cleaner
elements. Clean them more frequently in dusty
operating conditions.
Every 200 hours/Monthly (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.
Shut off the engine and wait for all moving parts
to stop; refer to
Maintenance Safety (page 19)
.
2.
Disconnect the wire from the spark plug; refer to
Disconnecting the Spark-Plug Wire (page 20)
.
3.
Unhook the latch that secures the air-cleaner
cover (
).
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1.
Air-cleaner cover
4.
Paper element
2.
Latch
5.
Air-cleaner base
3.
Foam element
4.
Remove the air-cleaner cover.
Note:
Be careful to prevent dirt and debris from
falling into the base.
5.
Remove the foam and paper elements from the
base (
6.
Remove the foam element from the paper
element (
7.
Inspect the foam and paper elements, and
replace them if they are damaged or excessively
dirty.
8.
Clean the paper element by tapping it gently to
remove the dirt.
Note:
Never try to brush dirt off the paper
element; brushing forces the dirt into the fibers.
Replace the element if tapping it fails to remove
the dirt.
9.
Clean the foam element in warm, soapy water
or in a
nonflammable
solvent.
Note:
Do not use gasoline to clean the foam
element because it could create a risk of fire or
explosion.
10.
Rinse and dry the foam element thoroughly.
11.
Wipe dirt from the base and the cover with a
moist rag.
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