Changing Engine Oil | Service Air Cleaner |
If you are using your generator under extremely dirty or | Your engine will not run properly and may be damaged if |
dusty conditions, or in extremely hot weather, change the oil | you run it with a dirty air cleaner. Service more often if |
more often. | operating under dirty or dusty conditions. |
CAUTION Avoid prolonged or repeated skin contact |
| To service the air cleaner, follow these steps: | |
with used motor oil. |
| 1. Loosen the side maintenance cover screws and remove | |
• Used motor oil has been shown to cause skin cancer in certain |
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laboratory animals. |
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| 2. Loosen air cleaner cover screw (A) and remove air | ||
• Thoroughly wash exposed areas with soap and water. |
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| cleaner cover (B). | ||
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KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. DON’T | |||
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POLLUTE. CONSERVE RESOURCES. RETURN | C | ||
USED OIL TO COLLECTION CENTERS. |
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Change the oil while the engine is still warm from running, |
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1. Make sure generator is on a level surface. |
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2. | Loosen the side maintenance cover screws and remove |
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Reinstall the side maintenance coverReproduand hand tighten ction | |||||||
3. | Clean area around oil fill and remove oil fill cap. |
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4. | Tip your generator to drain oil from oil fill into a |
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| 3. | Ca efully rem | ve f am air cleaner (C) by pulling it out | |
| suitable container making sure you tip your unit toward |
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| the oil filler neck. When crankcase is empty, return |
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| 4. | Carefully rem | ve breather filter (D) by pulling it out | |
| generator to upright position. | Not |
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5. | Slowly pour oil (about 13.5 oz.) into oil fill opening | o for5. Wash foam air cleaner and breather filter in liquid | |||||
| the point of overflowing at oil fill cap. DO NOT verfill. |
| detergent and water only. Squeeze dry in a clean cloth. | ||||
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| 6. | SATURATE foam air cleaner in clean engine oil and | |
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| squeeze in a clean cloth to remove excess oil. | |
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| 7. | Reinstall clean or new foam air cleaner inside base. | |
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| 8. | Reinstall clean or new breather filter inside base. | |
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| 9. | Reinstall the air cleaner cover and tighten screw. | |
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| 10. | Reinstall the side maintenance cover and hand tighten | |
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6. | Reinstall oil fill cap. Finger tighten cap securely. |
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| Changing the spark plug will help your engine to start easier | |||||
7. | Wipe up any spilled oil. |
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| 1. | Loosen the four handle screws and remove handle. | |
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