2.Remove top maintenance cover.

3.Clean area around spark plug and remove spark plug boot.

4.Remove spark plug and inspect spark plug.

5.Check electrode gap with wire feeler gauge and reset spark plug gap to recommended gap if necessary (see Specifications).

Clean and inspect the spark arrester as follows:

1.To remove muffler guard, remove four screws that connects guard to generator.

2.Remove screw that attaches spark arrester screen to muffler. Remove spark arrester screen.

 

 

 

Reproduction

6. Replace spark plug if electrodes are pitted, burned or

 

 

 

porcelain is cracked. Use the recommended

 

 

 

replacement plug. See Specifications.

3. Inspect screen and btain a replacement if torn,

7. Install spark plug and tighten firmly. Reinstall spark

perfora ed or o herwise damaged. DO NOT use a

 

plug boot.

 

Not

defe

ive s reen. If screen is not damaged, clean it with

8.

Reinstall top maintenance cover.

 

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sh.

9.

Reinstall handle and tighten the four handle screws.

4. Reattach screen to muffler. Reattach muffler guard.

Inspect Muffler and Spark Arrester

 

Check Valve Clearance

Inspect the muffler for cracks, corrosion, or other damage.

Regular valve clearance check and adjustment will improve

Remove the spark arrester, if equipped, and inspect for

performance and extend engine life. This procedure cannot

damage or carbon blockage. If replacement parts are

be done without partial engine disassembly and the use of

required, make sure to use only original equipment

special tools. For this reason we recommend that you have

replacement parts.

 

 

an authorized Service Dealer check and adjust valve

 

WARNING Exhaust heat/gases could ignite

clearance at recommended intervals (see Maintenance

 

 

combustibles, structures or damage fuel

Schedule in the Maintenance section).

 

 

tank causing a fire, resulting in death,

 

 

 

 

serious injury and/or property damage.

 

 

Contact with muffler area could cause burns resulting in

 

 

serious injury.

 

 

 

 

•DO NOT touch hot parts and AVOID hot exhaust gases.

•Allow equipment to cool before touching.

•Keep at least 5 feet (152 cm) of clearance on all sides of generator including overhead.

•It is a violation of California Public Resource Code, Section 4442, to use or operate the engine on any forest-covered, brush-covered, or grass-covered land unless the exhaust system is equipped with a spark arrester, as defined in Section 4442, maintained in effective working order. Other states or federal jurisdictions may have similar laws.

Contact the original equipment manufacturer, retailer, or dealer to obtain a spark arrester designed for the exhaust system installed on this engine.

•Replacement parts must be the same and installed in the same position as the original parts.

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