Troubleshooting - Craftsman 917.377543 Owner's Manual

ENGINE OIL
Drain oil(with engine warm) a ndreplace with
deanengine oil. (See"ENGINE" inthe
Maintenance s ection of
this manual).
CYUNDER
• Remove spark plug.
• Pour one ounce (29 ml) of oilthrough spark
plug hole into cylinder.
• Pull starter handle slowly a few times to
distributeoil.
• Replace with new spark plug.
OTHER
• DO not store gasoline from one season to
another.
• Replace your gasoline can ifyour can starts
to rust. Rust and/ordirtin your gasoline will
cause problems.
• If possible, store your unit indoors and cover
it to give protection from dust and dirt.
• Cover your unitwith a suitable protective
cover that does not retain moisture. Do not
use plastic. Plastic cannot breathe which
allows condensation to form and will cause
your unitto rust.
IMPORTANT: Never cover mower while
engine and exhaust areas are stillwarm.
ACAUTION: Never store the lawn mower
with gasoline in the tank inside a building
where fumes may reach an open flame or
spark. Allow the engine to cool before
storing in any enclosure.
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART
PROBLEM
Does not start
CAUSE
• Dirty air fiifer.
• Out of fuel.
• Stale fuel.
• Water in fuel.
• Sparkplug wire is
disconnected.
• Bad sparkplug.
• Loosebladeor brokenblade
adapter.
• Controlbarin released
position.
• -Control b ardefective.
CORRECTION
• Clean/replace air fiifer.
• RII fuel tank.
• Drain tank and refillwith
fresh dean fuel.
• Drain fuel tank and
carburetor and refilltank
with fresh gasoline.
• Connect wire to plug.
• Replace spark plug.
• T_ghtenblade bolt or
replace blade adapter.
• Depress controlbar to
handle.
• Replace control bar.
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