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Installing the Recoil-Starter
Rope in the Rope Guide
No Parts Required
Procedure
Important:
To start the engine safely and easily
whenever you use the machine, install the
recoil-starter rope in the rope guide.
Hold the blade-control bar to the upper handle
9) and pull the recoil-starter rope through the rope
guide on the handle
(Figure
1. Recoil-starter rope
3
Filling the Engine with Oil
No Parts Required
Procedure
Important:
Your machine does not come with oil
in the engine. Before starting the engine, fill the
engine with oil.
Engine oil capacity: 0.55 L
Oil viscosity: SAE 30 or SAE 10W-30 detergent oil
API service classification: SJ or higher
1.
Move the machine to a level surface.
2.
Remove the dipstick by rotating the cap
counterclockwise and pulling it out
6).
Figure 6
2. Rope guide
(Figure
(Figure
1. Full
2. High
3.
Carefully pour about 3/4 of the engine capacity
of oil into the oil-fill tube.
4.
Wait about 3 minutes for the oil to settle in the
engine.
5.
Wipe the dipstick clean with a clean cloth.
6.
Insert the dipstick into the oil-fill tube, then
remove the dipstick.
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7.
Read the oil level on the dipstick
•
If the oil level on the dipstick is too low,
carefully pour a small amount of oil into the
oil-fill tube, wait 3 minutes, and repeat steps
5
through
the correct level.
•
If the oil level on the dipstick is too high, drain
the excess oil until the oil on the dipstick is
at the correct level; refer to
Engine Oil (page
Important:
low or too high and you run the engine, you
may damage the engine.
8.
Install the dipstick securely.
7).
5
Figure 7
3. Low
(Figure
7
until the oil on the dipstick is at
Changing the
17).
If the oil level in the engine is too
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7).
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