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Fuel System
Maintenance
Servicing the Fuel System
Draining Water from the Fuel Tank
Service Interval: Before each use or daily
1. Stop the engine.
2. Place a drain pan under the drain plug in the fuel tank.
3. Unscrew the drain plug from the fuel tank and drain
the water
(Figure
70).
Figure 70
1. Fuel tank
2. Drain plug
4. When clean fuel appears, install the drain plug and
tighten it securely
(Figure
5. Check the fuel tank drain plug for leaks.
Siphoning Water from the Fuel Tank
Note: Siphoning water from the fuel tank is an alternative
to draining water from the fuel tank; refer to
from the Fuel Tank (page
1. Remove the fuel cap from the fuel tank
3. Drain pan
70).
Draining Water
49).
(Figure
1. Intake hose (bottom of the
tank)
2. Fuel cap
2. Route the intake hose of the siphoning equipment
through the filler neck of the fuel tank and to the
bottom of the tank
3. Direct the discharge hose of the siphoning equipment
into a drain pan
4. Siphon the tank until clean fuel appears.
5. Remove the siphoning equipment from the tank.
6. Install the fuel cap onto the filler neck of the fuel tank
(Figure
Replacing the Fuel Tank Breather
Service Interval: Every 1,000 hours
1. Remove the left side panel; refer to
Panels (page
2. At the forward side of the engine compartment panel,
remove the breather from the pipe coupling by rotating
the breather counterclockwise
Note: Discard the old breather.
71).
1. Fuel tank breather
49
Figure 71
3. Siphoning equipment
4. Drain pan
(Figure
71).
(Figure
71).
71).
44).
(Figure
Figure 72
2. Pipe coupling
Removing the Side
72).
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