Environment Protection - Husqvarna PT26D Workshop Manual

Environment protection

Take care of the environment, there are numerous environmental risks especially when performing mainte-
nance on the machine. This particularly applies when dealing with engine oil, hydraulic fluid, fuel, oil filters,
hydraulic filters and fuel filters. You must be attentive to ensure spillage does not occur when you open a
system that contains oil or fuel.
• Always wipe up spillage. When using cloths, sawdust or oil absorbents, these should be treated as
environmentally hazardous waste. Follow local regulations.
• Choose an area, preferably with a concrete floor, when you handle or store oils and fuel so that you
can clear up any spillage without it penetrating into the ground.
• Avoid spillage, use a funnel and fill up carefully.
• When draining, ensure that a suitably sized container is placed correctly. Remember that the oil does
not always run straight down.
• Transfer the waste oil into a sealed container and hand in for destruction. Remember to follow local
regulations. Generally you can deposit waste oil at workshops or petrol stations that handle waste oil.
• Replaced oil and fuel filters are environmental hazardous waste, handle them as waste oil.
• Do not spill fuel when refuelling. One litre of diesel fuel can, according to the Swedish Rescue Services
Agency, destroy up to one million litres of drinking water. Spilt fuel is a fire risk.
• Wash your hands thoroughly when the job is done.
• Coolant is poisonous and sweet. Ensure that animals do not come into contact with open containers or
pools of fluid.
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