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Tecumseh LV148SA Operator's Manual

Tecumseh LV148SA Operator's Manual

Four-cycle engine - vertical crankshaft - air-cooled
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TecumsehPower
LV148SA
Operator's Manual
Four-Cycle Engine • Vertical Crankshaft • Air-Cooled

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I. General Safety Precautions ............................................................. 1
II. How to Get Service .......................................................................... 3
III. Oil and Fuel Specifications............................................................... 3
IV. Before Starting Your Engine............................................................. 4
V. Starting Your Engine ........................................................................ 6
VI. Stopping Your Engine and Short-Term Storage ............................... 8
VII. Maintenance .................................................................................... 9
VIII. Transporting Your Engine................................................................11
IX. Storing Your Engine ........................................................................11
X. Preventing Forest, Brush and Grass Fires..................................... 13
XI. Maintenance Intervals .................................................................... 13
Emission Control System Warranty ............................................... 21
XII. Warranty Information...................................................................... 22
(VSK90)
181-1270-14
(English) 1/01/08

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    TecumsehPower LV148SA (VSK90) Operator’s Manual Four-Cycle Engine • Vertical Crankshaft • Air-Cooled Table of Contents IMPORTANT NOTICE! Safety Definitions.........ii I. General Safety Precautions ............. 1 II. How to Get Service ................3 III. Oil and Fuel Specifications............... 3 IV. Before Starting Your Engine............. 4 V.

  • Page 2: Important Notice

    Tecumseh Products Company and are used by Tecumseh Power Company under license from Tecumseh Products Company. Tecumseh Power Company is no longer owned by Tecumseh Products Company nor is it associated or affiliated in any way with Tecumseh Products Company.

  • Page 3: General Safety Precautions

    I. General Safety Precautions • NEVER fill fuel tank indoors. Fill fuel tank outdoors in a well-ventilated area. • DO NOT smoke while refueling tank. WARNING • Use only an approved red GASOLINE container to Read equipment manufacturer’s manual and this store and dispense fuel.
  • Page 4 E. Do Not Modify Engine To avoid serious injury or death, DO NOT modify engine in any way. Tampering with the governor setting can lead to a runaway engine and cause it to operate at unsafe speeds. NEVER tamper with factory setting of engine governor. WARNING Use of this engine on fun-carts, go-karts or mini-bikes could result in serious injury or death.

  • Page 5: How To Get Service

    II. How to Get Service For engine adjustments, repairs or warranty service not 2083 covered in this manual, contact your nearest Authorized Tecumseh Servicing Dealer. Find them on our website at TECUMSEH POWER COMPANY www.TecumsehPower.com or call Tecumseh Power THIS ENGINE MEETS 1995-2005 CALIF & US EPA PHI APPLICABLE EMISSION REGULATIONS FOR SI Company at 1-800-558-5402.

  • Page 6: Before Starting Your Engine

    B. Fuel Table 2. Recommended Fuel Use unleaded regular, unleaded premium or reformulated Fuel Component Percentage automotive fuel only. You may use gasoline containing the following components identified in Table 2. Ethanol Grain Alcohol (“Gasohol”) • DO NOT use leaded fuel. MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) •...
  • Page 7 C. Filling Fuel Tank An adult should fuel this engine. WARNING NEVER allow children to refuel this engine. Gasoline (fuel) vapors are highly flammable and can explode. Fuel vapors can spread and be ignited by a spark or flame many feet away from engine. To prevent injury or death from fuel fires, follow these instructions: 1.

  • Page 8: Starting Your Engine

    V. Starting Your Engine An adult should start the engine. WARNING Only allow children to start engine if STOP an adult has determined they are experienced and capable STOP SLOW FAST CHOKE PRIMER of such operation. If you are unable to start this engine WARNING Figure 11.
  • Page 9 When pulling starter rope, the rope WARNING can unexpectedly jerk back toward engine causing serious injury. To avoid this risk, carefully follow these instructions: 6. Grasp starter cord handle. See Figure 14. a. Pull rope out slowly until you feel drag. b.

  • Page 10: Stopping Your Engine And Short-Term Storage

    VI. Stopping Your Engine and Short-Term Storage Top Side of Engine A. Before Stopping 1. Run engine for a few minutes to help dry off any mois- ture on engine. 2. To help avoid possible freeze-up of starter proceed as follows: With engine running, pull starter rope with a rapid continuous full arm stroke 3 or 4 times.

  • Page 11: Maintenance

    VII. Maintenance An adult should perform WARNING maintenance on this engine. Only allow children to perform maintenance if an adult has determined they are experienced and capable of such operation. To prevent accidental starting when WARNING working on equipment always: •...
  • Page 12 B. Removing Snow from Engine After each use, remove snow from the following areas: • Oil fill cap • Fuel fill cap • Linkage • Cooling Fins Removing snow will ease operation of the recoil starter rope and reduce the risk of water contamination when opening oil and fuel fill caps.

  • Page 13: Transporting Your Engine

    VIII. Transporting Your Engine If engine fuel is to be stored for more than one season, without gasoline stabilizer, it will gradually deteriorate. Also, NEVER transport this engine inside if it is stored in the engine’s gas tank without gasoline WARNING another vehicle or in any enclosed stabilizer it is likely that your carburetor will have gum...
  • Page 14 B. Extended Storage Draining Fuel NOTES Clean debris from engine before draining fuel from carburetor. See "I. Clean Engine" instructions on page 11. If you have prepared your fuel for short term storage it is not necessary to drain fuel that contains stabilizer from your carburetor.

  • Page 15: Preventing Forest, Brush And Grass Fires

    X. Preventing Forest, Brush and Grass XI. Maintenance Intervals Fires Maintenance is one of the most important things that you can do to extend the life of your Tecumseh Engine. If you Local, state and federal laws may require use of a spark are unable to perform maintenance intervals yourself, arrester to prevent fires.
  • Page 16 Before Each Use Scheduled Maintenance Every 25 Hours or 3 Months Scheduled Maintenance 1. Change Oil Every 5 Hours or Before Each Use 1. Check Oil Level Date_______________Owner/Dealer 2. Clean Cooling Fins Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer Date_______________Owner/Dealer...
  • Page 17 NOTES 181-1270-14 Four-Cycle Engine • Vertical Crankshaft • Air-Cooled Page 15...
  • Page 18 Page 16 Four-Cycle Engine • Vertical Crankshaft • Air-Cooled 181-1270-14...
  • Page 19 NOTES 181-1270-14 Four-Cycle Engine • Vertical Crankshaft • Air-Cooled Page 17...
  • Page 20 Page 18 Four-Cycle Engine • Vertical Crankshaft • Air-Cooled 181-1270-14...
  • Page 21 NOTES 181-1270-14 Four-Cycle Engine • Vertical Crankshaft • Air-Cooled Page 19...

  • Page 22: California & Us Epa Emission Control Warranty Statement

    CALIFORNIA & US EPA EMISSION CONTROL WARRANTY STATEMENT The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), the You are responsible for presenting your small off-road engine to a California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) and Tecumseh Power Tecumseh Authorized Service Outlet (any Tecumseh Registered Company are pleased to explain the Federal and California Service Dealer, Tecumseh Authorized Service Distributor or Emission Control Systems Warranty on your new small off-road...

  • Page 23: Emission Control System Warranty

    EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM WARRANTY Emission Control System Warranty (“ECS Warranty”) for 1995 5. The owner shall not be charged for diagnostic labor which and later model year California small off-road engines (for other leads to the determination that a part covered by the ECS states, 1997 and later model year engines): Warranty is in fact defective, provided that such diagnostic work is performed at a Tecumseh Authorized Service...

  • Page 24: Warranty Information

    XII. Warranty Information LIMITED WARRANTY FOR NEW TECUMSEH ENGINES AND ELECTRONIC IGNITION MODULES For the time period shown below from the date of purchase and subject to the exceptions and limitations described herein, Tecumseh Power Company will, at its option as the exclusive remedy, either repair or replace for the original purchaser, free of charge, any part of any new Tecumseh engine which is found, upon examination by any Authorized Tecumseh Servicing Outlet or by Tecumseh’s factory in Grafton, Wisconsin, to be DEFECTIVE IN MATERIAL AND/OR WORKMANSHIP.

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