Catalytic Converter - Yamaha YW50A Owner's Manual

and water. If gasoline spills on your
clothing, change your clothes.
Recommended fuel:
UNLEADED GASOLINE ONLY
Fuel tank capacity:
5.7 L (1.5 US gal, 1.25 Imp.gal)
Y o u r Y a m a h a e n g i n e h a s b e e n
designed to use regular unleaded
gasoline with a pump octane number
[(R+M)/2] of 86 or higher, or a re-
search octane number of 91 or higher.
If knocking (or pinging) occurs, use a
gasoline of a different brand or pre-
mium unleaded fuel. Use of unleaded
fuel will extend spark plug life and re-
duce maintenance costs.
Gasohol
There are two types of gasohol: gaso-
hol containing ethanol and that con-
taining methanol. Gasohol containing
ethanol can be used if the ethanol
content does not exceed 10% (E10).
Gasohol containing methanol is not
recommended by Yamaha because it
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
can cause damage to the fuel system
or vehicle performance problems.
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Catalytic converter

This model is equipped with a catalytic
converter in the exhaust system.
The exhaust system is hot after op-
eration. To prevent a fi re hazard or
burns:
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WARNING
Do not park the vehicle near
possible fi re hazards such as
grass or other materials that
easily burn.
Park the vehicle in a place
where pedestrians or children
are not likely to touch the hot
exhaust system.
Make sure that the exhaust
system has cooled down be-
fore doing any maintenance
work.
Do not allow the engine to idle
more than a few minutes. Long
idling can cause a build-up of
heat.
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