Sears Custom 10XL Owner's Manual page 15

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trouble
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START
Possible Remedy
Rechorse or reploce
D e p r e s s f o o r p e d c l .
D i s e n s d s e m o w e r c l l r c h I e v e r ( P U l l b o c k ) .
Foor pedol nor depressed
Mow6r clurch lever nor disengoged
No sosolin€ in fuel tonk or cofburerof.
Wctor in gosolin€ or old fuel . . . . .
Choked irnproperly. Floodcd ensins.
Dirty corburoiof oir filrs
Spork plog ditty or impropar sdp. . '
Dify stcrt.r oir scr..n .
Po*iolly pluggcd oir clcon€r .
Low oil llv€l or didy oil . ., . . . . .
lmprop.r corburorof odiustm.nt . . . .
Spork plug dirty, wrong gop or wrong lypo... . . . . .
Engino overlooded
Faulty igniiion
B e l r s l i p s . .
0il in gosolin€
Poor compr.ssion
Fill rhe tonk wiih sosoline; open luel shut.off volve.
Cleon fuel lino ond corburetor.
Droin fuel rqnk ond corbureror. Use new {r:el ond dry
spork plus.
Push in chokc, open rhro l6 control ond cronk engino
s.v€rol iimss io cleor oul go5.
Rcmove ond clcon. Refer lo enginc monuo,.
Cl€on, odiusr the sop or reploce. Rofor ro snsino
HARD TO START
D€fcctivo bottlry .
S.rvic. or ropldc€.
D.t.cfiv. ignitlon or loose wiring.
Chcck $. wiring cnd spork plug.
ENGINE Ii{ISSE5
OR LACKS POWER
Cl.on scr.on ov€r 6torr!r, so! pos! 10, B! luru fin!
on cyllnd.f h.cd ond cround cylind.r o'. cl.on.
Remove ond clccn. Rcfar to .ngin! monuql.
Add or chongc oil, sle pogo ll.
R.efer ro onginc monuol.
Cloon, r.s€i rh. gop or rcploca.
Shift to a lowcr gcor or roduce lood.
Check spork plus ond lor loosc wlros.
connor b. cor6ci.d, contoct Seors.
Tishi€n bslr. Refcr to pcee 13,
Droin ond refill {uol tonk ond corburetor,
duc€s rh. efficion.y of the ensine.
Contoct Seors.
ENGINE OVERHEATS
Dlrty slorter oar
Low oil level or dirty oil .
P o r r i o l l y p l u g g e d m u { f l e r . . . .
Poor fuel or too ledn o mixrure.
Poniolly plusged oir cleoner .
clcon screen over srorrer, see pose 10.
Add or chonsc oil, see pogo ll.
Rernove mufflcr frolh ensine ond cleon.
Refer ro ensine monuol.
Remove ond cleon. Refer ro engine monuol.
Cl€dn fins on cylinder h€od ond oro!nd cylinder.
D i . t y e n g i n e . . . .
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