How To Stop Your Pressure Washer - Craftsman 580.752381 Operator's Manual

A. WARNING The high pressure stream of water that
this equipment produces can cut through skin
and its underlying tissues, leading to serious
injury and possible amputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when engine is
stopped and water is disconnected, which can cause
injury.
• DONOTallowCHILDREN t o operatepressure washer.
• Keephigh pressure hoseconnected to pumpand spraygun
whilesystemis pressurized.
• NEVER aimspraygun at people, a nimals,or plants.
• DONOT securespraygun in openposition.
• DONOT leavespraygun unattended whilemachine is running.
• NEVER usea spraygun whichdoesnothavea triggerlockor
trigger guardin placeand in workingorder.
• Alwaysbe certainspraygun,nozzles andaccessories a re
correctlyattached.
_i, WARNING Contact with muffler area can result in
serious burns.
,_ heat/gases can ignite
Exhaust
combustibles, structures or damage
fuel tank causing a fire.
• DO NOTtouch hot parts and AVOID hot exhaust gases.
• Allow equipment to cool before touching.
• Keepat least 5 feet (152 cm) of clearanceon all sides of
pressure washer including overhead.
• It is a violation of California Public Resource Code,Section
4442, to use or operate the engine on any forest-covered,
brush-covered, or grass-covered land unless the exhaust
system is equipped with a spark arrestor, as defined in Section
4442, maintained in effective working order. Other states or
federal jurisdictions may havesimilar laws.
Contact the original equipment manufacturer, retailer, or dealer
to obtain a spark arrestor designed for the exhaust system
installed on this engine.
• Replacement parts must be the sameand installed in the same
position as the original parts.
How to Stop Your Pressure Washer
1. Releasespray gun trigger and let engine idle for two
minutes.
2. Move throttle lever to "Slow" position, shown as a turtle.
3. Move engine switch to "Off" position.
_i, WARNING Backfire, fire or engine damage could
occur.
* DO NOT stop engine by moving choke leverto "Choke" position.
4. Move fuel valve lever to "Off" position.
5. ALWAYS point spray gun in a safe direction, push red
button and squeezespray gun trigger to release retained
high water pressure.
NOTICE Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when
engine is stopped and water is disconnected.
_i, WARNING The high pressure stream of water that
this equipment produces can cut through skin
and its underlying tissues, leading to serious
injury and possible amputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when engine is
stopped and water is disconnected, which can cause
injury.
• Keephigh pressure hoseconnected to pumpand spraygun
whilesystemis pressurized.
• ALWAYS pointspraygun in safedirection,pressredbutton
andsqueeze sprayguntriggerto release highpressure, e very
time youstop engine.
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