Starting / Stopping The Engine - Stihl GS 461 Instruction Manual

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If the cap can be pulled off or the marks
are not in line, refit it – see sections on
"Closing the Cap" and "Checking
Security of Cap".
Change the Fuel Pickup Body Every
Year
Drain the fuel tank.
N
Use a hook to pull the fuel pickup
N
body out of the tank and take it off
the hose.
Push the new pickup body into the
N
hose.
Place the pickup body in the tank.
N
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Starting / Stopping the
Engine
The four positions of the Master Control
lever
STOP
0
STOP or 0 – engine off – ignition is
switched off
Run F – engine is running or can start
Warm start n – this position is for
starting the warm engine
Cold start l – this position is for starting
the cold engine
Adjusting the Master Control lever
The throttle trigger lockout and throttle
trigger must be pressed simultaneously
to adjust the Master Control lever from
run F to cold start l.
To set the Master Control lever to warm
start n, first set it to cold start l, then
push the Master Control lever into the
warm start n position.
Changing to warm start n is only
possible from the cold start l position.
When the throttle trigger is squeezed,
the Master Control lever returns from
warm start n to run F.
To switch off the engine, set the master
control lever to STOP or 0.
Position cold start l
If the engine is cold
–
If the engine stalls during opening of
–
throttle after starting
If the fuel tank has run empty
–
(engine stalled out)
Position warm start n
If engine is warm (once the engine
–
has been running for approx. one
minute)
When the engine has fired for the
–
first time
After ventilation of the combustion
–
chamber, if the engine was flooded
GS 461