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Engine will not | • | Engine | flooded. |
start. | • | Fuel tank empty. | |
| • Spark plug not firing. | ||
| • | Fuel not | reaching |
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| • | Compression low. | |
REMEDY
•See "Starting Instructions."
•Fill tank with correct fuel mixture.
•Install new spark plug.
•Check for dirty fuel filter; replace. Check for kinked or split fuel line; repair or replace.
•Contact a Sears Service Center.
Engine | will not | • | Idle speed set | too | low. | • | Adjust | idle speed screw |
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idle properly. |
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| clockwise | to reduce | speed. | |||||
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| • | Carburetor | requires | • | See | "Carburetor | Adjustments." | ||||||||
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| • | Crankshaft | seals | worn. | • | Contact | a Sears | Service | Center. | ||||||
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Engine | will not | • | Air filter | dirty. |
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| • | Clean | or | replace | air | filter. |
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accelerate, | • | Spark plug | fouled. |
| • Clean or replace spark plug | |||||||||||
lacks power, |
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or dies | under | • | Carburetor | requires | • | See | "Carburetor | Adjustments." | ||||||||
a load. |
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| adjustment. |
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| • | Contact | a Sears | Service | Center. | |||||
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| • | Carbon | build up. |
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| • | Compression |
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Engine | smokes | • | Choke | partially | on. | • | Move | choke to | off position. | |||||||
excessively. | • | Fuel mixture | incorrect. | • | Empty | fuel | tank | and | refill | with | ||||||
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| • | Air filter | dirty. |
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| • | Clean | or | replace | air | filter. |
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| • | Carburetor | requires | • | See | "Carburetor | Adjustments." | ||||||||
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Engine runs hot. • Fuel mixture incorrect.
•Spark plug incorrect.
•Carburetor requires adjustment
•Carbon build up.
•See "Fueling Your Unit."
•Replace with correct spark plug.
•See "Carburetor Adjustments."
•Contact a Sears Service Center.
YOUR | WARRANTY | RIGHTS | AND | the | periods | of time listed | below | pro- | |||||||||||||||
OBLIGATIONS: | The |
| U. S. Environ- | vided | there has been no abuse, | ne- | |||||||||||||||||
mental | Protection | Agency/California |
| glect, | or improper | maintenance | of | your | |||||||||||||||
Air Resources | Board |
| and | SEARS, |
| lawn | and | garden | equipment | engine. | |||||||||||||
ROEBUCK | AND | CO., | USA | are |
| Your |
| emission | control | system | includes | ||||||||||||
pleased | to explain the | emissions | con- | parts | such | as the carburetor | and | the | |||||||||||||||
trol system | warranty | on your | lawn | and | ignition | system. |
| Where | a warrantable | ||||||||||||||
garden | equipment | engine. | All | new util- | condition |
| exits, | SEARS |
| will repair | your | ||||||||||||
ity and | lawn | and | garden equipment | lawn | and | garden | equipment | engine at | |||||||||||||||
engines | must | be | designed, |
| built, | and | no cost | to you. Expenses | covered | un- | |||||||||||||
equipped to meet | the | stringent | anti- | der | warranty | include diagnosis, | parts | ||||||||||||||||
smog standards. | SEARS | must | warrant | and | labor. |
| MANUFACTURER'S | WAR- | |||||||||||||||
the emission |
| control | system | on your | RANTY | COVERAGE: | If any | emissions | |||||||||||||||
lawn and garden equipment engine for related part on your engine (as listed 12
