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STIH) STIHL HL 90 Instruction Manual Manual de instrucciones Warning! Read and follow all safety precautions in Instruction Manual – improper use can cause serious or fatal injury. Advertencia! Lea y siga todas las precauciones de seguridad dadas en el manual de instrucciones –...
3, before Fuel ..........16 using your hedge cutter. Fueling ..........17 Contact your STIHL dealer or the STIHL Starting / Stopping distributor for your area if you do not the Engine ........18 understand any of the instructions in this Operating Instructions ....
Engineering improvements in different ways: individual components. STIHL’s philosophy is to continually A bullet marks a step or procedure Note or hint which is not essential improve all of its products. As a result, without direct reference to an...
Because a hedge trimmer Most of these safety precautions and Warning! is a high-speed, fast- warnings apply to the use of all STIHL cutting power tool with hedge trimmers. Different models may The use of this machine may be sharp cutting blades, hazardous.
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Warning! disease. In order to reduce the risk of Power tool noise may The ignition system of the STIHL unit whitefinger disease and carpal tunnel damage your hearing. produces an electromagnetic field of a...
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It may be carried only in a horizontal with STIHL power tools, their use may, in anything that could position. Grip the shaft in a manner that fact, be extremely dangerous.
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In order to reduce the risk of burns and Cap with grip other personal injury from escaping gas Your STIHL power tool uses an oil- Warning! vapor and fumes, remove the fuel filler gasoline mixture for fuel (see the chap-...
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Warning! STIHL recommends that you always obstructions and objects, including the spray the cutter blades with STIHL resin ground, because when the engine starts Never use a power tool that is damaged solvent before starting work - with the at starting-throttle, engine speed will be or not properly maintained.
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If you cannot set the correct idle speed, Warning! throttle trigger. This also applies to left- have your STIHL dealer check your handers. To reduce the risk of injury from loss of power tool and make proper control, do not attempt to “drop start”...
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NIOSH/ Operate it under good visibility and accompanied the substance at issue. MSHA for the type of dust encountered. daylight conditions only. Work carefully. HL 90 K...
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STIHL does not recommend the use of your power tool when cutting in areas where the blades could contact such objects.
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The gearbox becomes hot during damage the engine. Have your muffler An improperly mounted or damaged operation. To reduce the risk of burn serviced and repaired by your STIHL cylinder housing or a damaged/ injury, do not touch the gear housing servicing dealer only.
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Warning! solvents for this purpose. parts for maintenance and repair. Use of Never test the ignition system with the non-STIHL parts may cause serious or Spray the blades with STIHL resin ignition wire boot removed from the fatal injury. solvent. Start and run the engine briefly spark plug or with a removed spark plug, so that the solvent is evenly distributed.
Do not throw cuttings in the garbage both sides of the cutting blades. can – they can be composted! Any working position above head height is tiring. To minimize the risk of accidents, work in such positions for short periods only. HL 90 K...
Hold the cutter bar at an angle of 0° to 10° as you swing the hedge trimmer When you pull off the cap, the plug horizontally. may come out of the drive tube. It must be pushed back into the drive tube as far as stop. HL 90 K...
(arrows). Continue pushing the gearbox as far as stop. Position the gearbox on the drive tube so that the machine support on the engine points down and the blades are horizontal. Tighten down the clamp screws firmly. HL 90 K...
4-MIX Engine Fuel The STIHL 4-MIX engine features gas This engine is certified to operate on Use only STIHL two-stroke engine oil or oil lubrication and must be run on a fuel unleaded gasoline and the STIHL two- equivalent high-quality two-stroke mixture of gasoline and engine oil.
Close the canister and shake it vigorously by hand to ensure proper mixing of the oil with the fuel. Gaso- Oil (STIHL 50:1 or line equivalent high-quality oils) Raise the grip until it is upright. US gal.
# – normal run position (5) – the engine neck, the cap is not properly seated and is running or can start tightened and you must repeat the above steps. START (6) - the ignition is switched on, the engine can start HL 90 K...
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Press fuel pump bulb (9) at least five obstacles. If necessary, rest the times – even if the bulb is already gearbox on a raised support (e.g. a filled with fuel. mound, brick or something similar). Make sure you have a firm footing. HL 90 K...
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