Safety Precautions; Technical Information - Briggs & Stratton 440000 Operating & Maintenance Instructions

Note: (This note applies only to engines used in the U.S.A.) Maintenance, replacement or repair of the emission control devices and systems may be performed
by any nonroad engine repair establishment or individual. However, to obtain no charge repairs under the terms and provisions of the Briggs & Stratton
warranty statement, any service or emission control part repair or replacement must be performed by a factory authorized dealer.
How To Use Manual Figures
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-- refer to figures inside covers.
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-- refer to engine components in figure
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-- refer to part/action in figures.
Record your engine Model, Type and Code numbers
here for future use.
Record your date of purchase here for future use.
In the state of California, OHV Model Series 400000 and
460000 engines are certified by the California Air
Resources Board to meet emissions standards for 250
hours. Such certification does not grant the purchaser,
owner or operator of this engine any additional
warranties with respect to the performance or opera-
tional life of this engine. This engine is warranted solely
according to the product and emissions warranties
stated elsewhere in this manual.

Technical Information

POWER RATINGS: The power ratings for an individual
engine model are initially developed by starting with
SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) code J1940
(Small Engine Power & Torque Rating Procedure) (Re-
vision 2002-05). Given both the wide array of products
on which our engines are placed, and the variety of en-
vironmental issues applicable to operating the equip-
ment, it may be that the engine you have purchased will
not develop the rated horsepower when used in a piece
of power equipment (actual "on-site" power). This dif-
ference is due to a variety of factors including, but not
limited to, the following: differences in altitude, temper-
ature, barometric pressure, humidity, fuel, engine lu-
brication, maximum governed engine speed, individual
engine to engine variability, design of the particular
piece of power equipment, the manner in which the en-
gine is operated, engine run-in to reduce friction and
clean out of combustion chambers, adjustments to the
valves and carburetor, and other factors. The power
ratings may also be adjusted based on comparisons to
other similar engines utilized in similar applications,
and will therefore not necessarily match the values de-
rived using the foregoing codes.
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Engine Components
(see fig.
1 Rotating screen
2 Oil fill/Dipstick
3 12V electric starter
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4 Fuel filter (if equipped)
5 Oil drain plug
6 Spark plug wire
7 Fuel pump
8 Air cleaner
9 Intake manifold
10 Choke control bracket
11 Carburetor
12 Throttle control bracket
13 Engine Model
Type Code
xxxxxx xxxx xx xxxxxxxx
14 Oil filter
Hazard Symbols and Meanings
Fire
Explosion Toxic Fumes
Kickback
Moving Parts
International Symbols and Meanings
On Off
Safety Alert
Stop
Read Owner's
Oil Fuel
Manual
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Safety Precautions

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BEFORE OPERATING ENGINE
• Read entire Operating & Maintenance Instructions
AND the instructions for the equipment this engine
powers.*
• Failure to follow instructions could result in serious
injury or death.
* Briggs & Stratton does not necessarily know what
equipment this engine will power. For that reason,
you should carefully read and understand the
operating instructions for the equipment on which
your engine is placed.
THE OPERATING & MAINTENANCE
INSTRUCTIONS CONTAIN SAFETY
INFORMATION TO
• Make you aware of hazards associated with engines
• Inform you of the risk of injury associated with those
hazards, and
• Tell you how to avoid or reduce the risk of injury.
The safety alert symbol is used to identify safety
information about hazards that can result in personal injury.
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A signal word (DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION) is used
with the alert symbol to indicate the likelihood and the potential
severity of injury. In addition, a hazard symbol may be used to
represent the type of hazard.
DANGER indicates a hazard which, if not avoided,
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will result in death or serious injury.
WARNING indicates a hazard which, if not avoided,
could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION indicates a hazard which, if not avoided,
might result in minor or moderate injury.
,
CAUTION when used without the alert symbol,
indicates a situation that could result in damage to
the engine.
Choke
WARNING
The engine exhaust from this product contains
Fuel Shutoff
chemicals known to the State of California to cause
cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
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