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Warranty service is available only through authorized service dealers by Briggs & Stratton Corporation. Locate your nearest Authorized Service Dealer in our dealer locator map on BRIGGSandSTRATTON.COM or by calling 1-800-233-3723, or as listed in the ‘Yellow Pages’.

BRIGGS & STRATTON ENGINE OWNER WARRANTY POLICY	September 2008

LIMITED WARRANTY

Briggs & Stratton Corporation will repair or replace, free of charge, any part(s) of the engine that is defective in material or workmanship or both. Transportation charges on product submitted for repair or replacement under this warranty must be borne by purchaser. This warranty is effective for and is subject to the time periods and conditions stated below. For warranty service, find the nearest Authorized Service Dealer in our dealer locator map at BRIGGSandSTRATTON.COM, or by calling 1-800-233-3723, or as listed in the ‘Yellow Pages’.

There is no other expressed warranty. Implied warranties, including those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, are limited to one year from purchase, or to the extent permitted by law and all implied warranties are excluded. Liability for incidental or consequential damages are excluded to the extent exclusion is permitted by law. Some states or countries do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, and some states or countries do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation and exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state and country to country.

STANDARD WARRANTY TERMS * Y

The warranty period begins on the date of purchase by the first retail consumer or comme cial end use , and continues for the period of time stated in the table above. “Consumer use” means personal residential household use by a retail consumer. “Commercial use” means all other uses, including use for commercial, income producing or rental purposes. Once an engine has experienced commercial use, it shall thereafter be onsidered as a commercial use engine for purposes of this warranty.

Brand/Product Type			Consumer Use		C mmerc al Use

Vanguardt			2 years		2 years

Extended Life Seriest; I/C®; Intekt I/C®; Intekt Pro;			2 years		1 year
Professional Seriest with Dura-BoretCast Iron Sleeve;
850 Seriest with Dura-BoretCast Iron Sleeve;
Snow Series MAXt with Dura-BoretCast Iron Sleeve

All Other Briggs & Stratton Engines			2 years		90 days

* These are our standard warranty terms, but occasionally there may be additional warranty coverage that was not					etermined at time of publication. For a listing of
	current warranty terms for your engine, go to BRIGGSandSTRATTON.COM or contact y		ur Auth rized Briggs & Stratton Service Dealer.
Y	Engines used on Home Standby Generator applications are warranted under consumer use			nly. This warranty	oes not apply to engines on equipment used for

	prime power in place of a utility. Engines used in competitive racing or on comme cial			ental t acks are not warranted.
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No warranty registration is necessary to obtain warranty on Briggs & Stratton Products. Save your proof of purchase receipt. If you do not provide proof of the initial purchase date at the time warranty service is requested, the manufacturing date of the roduct will be used to determine the warranty period.

						4	Parts which are scored or broken because an engine was operated with insufficient
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			About Your Warranty				or contaminated lubricating oil, or an incorrect grade of lubricating oil (check and
Briggs & Stratton welcomes warranty repair and apologizes to you for being							refill when necessary, and change at recommended intervals). OIL GARD may not
							shut down running engine. Engine damage may occur if oil level is not properly
inconvenienced. Any Authorized Service Dealer may pe fo m wa anty repairs. Most
							maintained.
warranty repairs are handled routinely, but sometimes equests for warranty service may							maintained.

not be appropriate.						5	Repair or adjustment of associated parts or assemblies such as clutches,
If a customer differs with the decision of the Service Deale , an investigation will be made							transmissions, remote controls, etc., which are not manufactured by Briggs &

to determine whether the warranty applies. Ask the Se vice Dealer to submit all						6	Damage or wear to parts caused by dirt, which entered the engine because of
supporting facts to his Distributor or the Fact ry					review. If the Distributor or the	6
Factory decides that the claim is justi ied, the cust					mer will be fully reimbursed for those		improper air cleaner maintenance, re-assembly, or use of a non-original air cleaner
items that are defective. To avoid misunders anding which might occur between the							element or cartridge. At recommended intervals, clean and/or replace the filter as
customer and the Dealer, lis ed below are some of the causes of engine failure that the							stated in the Operator’s Manual.
warranty does not cover.				for		7	Parts damaged by over-speeding, or overheating caused by grass, debris, or dirt,
				for		7
Normal wear: Engines, like all mechanical devices, need periodic parts service and							which plugs or clogs the cooling fins, or flywheel area, or damage caused by
replacement to perf	rm well. Warran y will not cover repair when normal use has						operating the engine in a confined area without sufficient ventilation. Clean engine
exhausted the life	f a part		r an engine. Warranty would not apply if engine damage				debris at recommended intervals as stated in the Operator’s Manual.
occurred because	f misuse, lack			f r utine maintenance, shipping, handling,		8	Engine or equipment parts broken by excessive vibration caused by a loose engine
warehousing or impr		per installati		n. Similarly, warranty is void if the serial number of the		8
warehousing or impr		per installati		n. Similarly, warranty is void if the serial number of the			mounting, loose cutter blades, unbalanced blades or loose or unbalanced impellers,
engine has been rem		ved	r the engine has been altered or modified.
engine has been rem		ved	r the engine has been altered or modified.				improper attachment of equipment to engine crankshaft, over-speeding or other

Improper maintenance: The life of an engine depends upon the conditions under which							abuse in operation.
it operates, and the care it receives. Some applications, such as tillers, pumps and rotary						9	A bent or broken crankshaft, caused by striking a solid object with the cutter blade of
mowers, are very often used in dusty or dirty conditions, which can cause what appears						9
							a rotary lawn mower, or excessive v-belt tightness.
to be premature wear. Such wear, when caused by dirt, dust, spark plug cleaning grit, or							a rotary lawn mower, or excessive v-belt tightness.

other abrasive material that has entered the engine because of improper maintenance, is						10	Routine tune-up or adjustment of the engine.
not covered by warranty.						10	Routine tune-up or adjustment of the engine.
not covered by warranty.						11	Engine or engine component failure, i.e., combustion chamber, valves, valve seats,
This warranty covers engine related defective material and/or workmanship only,						11
							valve guides, or burned starter motor windings, caused by the use of alternate fuels

	and not replacement or refund of the equipment to which the engine may be	such as, liquified petroleum, natural gas, altered gasolines, etc.
	mounted. Nor does the warranty extend to repairs required because of:

1Problems caused by parts that are not original Briggs & Stratton parts.

2Equipment controls or installations that prevent starting, cause unsatisfactory engine

performance, or shorten engine life. (Contact equipment manufacturer.)

3 Leaking carburetors, clogged fuel pipes, sticking valves, or other damage, caused by using contaminated or stale fuel.