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Engine Maintenance
Engine Safety
•
Shut off the engine before checking the oil or
adding oil to the crankcase.
•
Keep your hands, feet, face, clothing, and other
body parts away the muffler and other hot surfaces.
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Service Interval: Before each use or daily—Inspect
the air-cleaner elements.
Every 50 hours—Clean the air-cleaner
elements. Clean them more frequently in dusty
operating conditions.
Every 200 hours/Monthly (whichever comes
first)—Replace the paper air-cleaner element.
Replace it more frequently in dusty operating
conditions.
Important:
Do not operate the engine without
the air filter assembly; extreme engine damage
will occur.
1.
Shut off the engine and wait for all moving parts
to stop; refer to
Maintenance Safety (page
2.
Disconnect the wire from the spark plug; refer to
Disconnecting the Spark-Plug Wire (page
3.
Unhook the latch that secures the air-cleaner
cover
(Figure
17).
1. Air-cleaner cover
2. Latch
3. Foam element
20).
4.
Remove the air-cleaner cover.
21).
Note:
falling into the base.
5.
Remove the foam and paper elements from the
base
(Figure
6.
Remove the foam element from the paper
element
7.
Inspect the foam and paper elements, and
replace them if they are damaged or excessively
dirty.
8.
Clean the paper element by tapping it gently to
remove the dirt.
Note:
element; brushing forces the dirt into the fibers.
Replace the element if tapping it fails to remove
the dirt.
9.
Clean the foam element in warm, soapy water
or in a nonflammable solvent.
Note:
element because it could create a risk of fire or
explosion.
10.
Rinse and dry the foam element thoroughly.
11.
Wipe dirt from the base and the cover with a
moist rag.
22
Figure 17
4. Paper element
5. Air-cleaner base
Be careful to prevent dirt and debris from
17).
(Figure
17).
Never try to brush dirt off the paper
Do not use gasoline to clean the foam
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