Briggs & Stratton 190000 Series Operating And Maintenance Instructions Manual page 13

ENGINE AND ENGINE PARTS
We recommend that you see an authorized Briggs & Stratton Service Dealer for all maintenance and service of the engine
and engine parts. Use only genuine Briggs & Stratton parts.
WARNING
WARNING
CLEANING DEBRIS
CAUTION: Do not use water to clean engine parts.
Water could contaminate fuel system. Use a brush
or dry cloth.
WARNING
Daily or before every use, clean grass, chaff or accumu-
lated debris from engine. Keep linkage, spring and controls
clean. Keep area around and behind muffler free of any
combustible debris.
CLEAN
Finger Guard
CLEAN
Linkage, Springs, Controls
Muffler, Spark Arrester
If you perform any maintenance on the engine, first disconnect the spark plug wire
from the spark plug, and disconnect the battery at the negative terminal (electric
starter engines only) to prevent unintentional sparking. Unintentional sparking can
result in fire or electric shock. Unintentional start-up can result in entanglement,
traumatic amputation or laceration. Use only correct tools.
• Do not strike the flywheel with a hammer or hard object because the flywheel may
later shatter during operation.
• Do not tamper with governor spring, links or other parts to increase engine speed.
Engine parts should be kept
clean to reduce the risk of
overheating and ignition of accu-
mulated debris. This is especial-
ly important if cutting tall grass.
CLEAN
Rotating Screen
CLEAN
SPARK
ARRESTER
CLEAN
MUFFLER
WARNING
move screen for inspection. Replace screen if damaged or
plugged.
AIR COOLING SYSTEM
We recommend that after every 100 hours you have an
authorized Briggs & Stratton Service Dealer clean the air
cooling system.
COMBUSTION DEPOSITS
We recommend that after every 100-300 hours you have
an authorized Briggs & Stratton Service Dealer remove
combustion deposits from the cylinder, cylinder head, top
of piston, and around valves.
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MAINTENANCE
Replacement parts for the
muffler must be the same and
installed in the same position
as the original parts, other-
wise fire can occur.
If muffler is equipped with
spark arrestor screen, re-
CLEAN AREA OF
ALL DIRT AND DEBRIS