Servicing Your Lawn Mower; Maintenance Safety; Maintenance Schedule - Honda HRR216PKA Owner's Manual

SERVICING YOUR LAWN
MOWER
Proper maintenance is essential for safe, economical, and
trouble-free operation. It will also help reduce air pollution.
 WARNING
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 mower, 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 mower 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
mower 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.
 WARNING
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 owner's
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.
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• 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.

MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE

Regular
Service Period
Before each Rear shield: Check
use Blades: Check
Blade bolt torque: Check
Grass bag: Check
Engine oil level: Check
Air filter: Check
Operation of the blade control: Check
First month Engine oil: Change
or 5 hours Smart Drive cable: Adjust (VKA)
First 25 hours Air filter: Clean
Smart Drive cable: Adjust (VKA)
50 hours Engine oil: Change
Air filter: Clean
Smart Drive cable: Adjust (VKA)
100 hours Items for 50 hours plus the following:
Spark plug: Check-adjust
Spark arrester: Clean (if equipped)
Operation of the blade control: Check
Fuel tank and filter: Clean
Flywheel brake pad: Check
Valve clearance: Check-Adjust
Pinion gears: Grease (VKA)
150 hours Items for 50 hours plus the following:
Air filter: Replace
Spark plug: Replace
Rear wheel adjuster bushings:
Inspect-Grease (VKA)
Every 2 years Fuel lines: Check
(replace if necessary)
(1) Service more frequently when used in dusty areas.
(2) Change engine oil every 25 hours when used under heavy load
or in high ambient temperatures.
(3) These items should be serviced by an authorized Honda
servicing dealer, unless you have the proper tools and are
mechanically proficient. Refer to the Honda shop manual for
service procedures. See "Honda Publications" on
ordering information.
Failure to follow this maintenance schedule could result in
non-warrantable failures.
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