Servicing Your Tiller; Maintenance Safety; Maintenance Schedule; Oil Change - Honda FG110 Owner's Manual

SERVICING YOUR TILLER

Proper maintenance is essential for safe, economical, and
trouble-free operation. It also helps reduce air pollution.
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Improper maintenance, or failure to correct a problem before
operation, can cause a malfunction in which you can be
seriously hurt or killed.
Always follow the inspection and maintenance
recommendations and schedules in this owner's manual.
To help you properly care for your tiller, the following pages include a
maintenance schedule, routine inspection procedures, and simple
maintenance procedures using basic hand tools. Other service tasks
that are more difficult, or require special tools, are best handled by
professionals and are normally performed by a Honda technician or
other qualified mechanic.
The maintenance schedule applies to normal operating conditions. If
you operate your tiller under severe conditions, such as sustained
high-load or high-temperature operation, or use in unusually wet or
dusty conditions, consult your servicing dealer for recommendations
applicable to your individual needs and use.
Remember that an authorized Honda servicing dealer knows your
tiller best and is fully equipped to maintain and repair it.
To ensure the best quality and reliability, use only new, Honda
Genuine parts or their equivalents for repair and replacement.
Maintenance, replacement, or repair of the emission control
devices and systems may be performed by any engine repair
establishment or individual, using parts that are "certified" to
EPA standards.

Maintenance Safety

Some of the most important safety precautions follow. However, we
cannot warn you of every conceivable hazard that can arise in
performing maintenance. Only you can decide whether or not you
should perform a given task.
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Failure to properly follow maintenance instructions and
precautions can cause you to be seriously hurt or killed.
Always follow the procedures and precautions in this manual.
Safety Precautions
• Make sure the engine is off before you begin any maintenance or
repairs. This will eliminate several potential hazards:
– Carbon monoxide poisoning from engine exhaust.
Be sure there is adequate ventilation whenever you operate
the engine.
– Burns from hot parts.
Let the engine and exhaust system cool before touching.
– Injury from moving parts.
Do not run the engine unless instructed to do so.
• Read the instructions before you begin, and make sure you have
the tools and skills required.
• To reduce the possibility of fire or explosion, be careful when
working around gasoline. Use only a nonflammable solvent, not
gasoline, to clean parts. Keep cigarettes, sparks, and flames away
from all fuel-related parts.
WARNING
WARNING

Maintenance Schedule

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Interval
Engine oil level: Check
Air filter: Check
Before each use
Throttle cable: Check
Nuts and bolts: Check for tightness
First month or Engine oil: Change
10 hours
Every month or Air filter: Clean
25 hours
Every 3 months or Transmission grease: Check
25 hours
Every 6 months or Engine oil: Change
50 hours
Cooling fins: Check
Clutch shoes: Check
Every year or Spark plug: Check
100 hours
Spark arrester: Clean (optional part)
Fuel tank and filter: Clean-check
Every 2 years or Spark plug: Replace
after each 300
Valve clearance: Check-adjust
hours
Idle speed: Check-adjust
Fuel tubes: Check
1. For professional commercial use, log hours of operation to
determine proper maintenance intervals.
2. Service more frequently when used in dusty areas.
3. These items should be serviced by an authorized Honda
servicing dealer, unless you have the proper tools and are
mechanically proficient.
Failure to follow this maintenance schedule could result in
non-warrantable failure.

Oil Change

Change the oil after the first 10 hours of use. Thereafter, change the
oil every 6 months or 50 hours of use. Change the oil more often
when used in dusty areas.
Drain the used oil while the engine is warm. Warm oil drains quickly
and completely.
1. Place a suitable container below the engine to catch the used oil.
2. Remove the oil filler cap/dipstick.
3. Tip the tiller to drain the used oil through the oil filler opening.
Allow the used oil to drain completely.
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