Servicing Your Lawn Mower; Maintenance Safety; Maintenance Schedule - Honda 00X31-VL0-U540 Owner's Manual

SERVICING YOUR LAWN
MOWER
Proper maintenance is essential for safe, economical, and
trouble-free operation. It will also help reduce air pollution.
B
WARNING
Improper maintenance, or failure to correct a problem
before operation, can cause a malfunction in which you
can be seriously hurt or killed.
Always follow the inspection and maintenance
recommendations and schedules in this owner's manual.
To help you properly care for your mower, the following pages include
a maintenance schedule, routine inspection procedures, and simple
maintenance procedures using basic hand tools. Other service tasks
that are more difficult, or require special tools, are best handled by
professionals and are normally performed by a Honda technician or
other qualified mechanic.
The maintenance schedule applies to normal operating conditions. If
you operate your mower under severe conditions, such as sustained
high-load or high-temperature operation, or use in unusually wet or
dusty conditions, consult your servicing dealer for recommendations
applicable to your individual needs and use.
Remember that an authorized Honda servicing dealer knows your
mower best and is fully equipped to maintain and repair it.
To ensure the best quality and reliability, use only new, Honda
Genuine parts or their equivalents for repair and replacement.
Maintenance, replacement, or repair of the emission control
devices and systems may be performed by any engine repair
establishment or individual, using parts that are "certified" to
EPA standards.

MAINTENANCE SAFETY

Some of the most important safety precautions follow. However, we
cannot warn you of every conceivable hazard that can arise in
performing maintenance. Only you can decide whether or not you
should perform a given task.
B
WARNING
Failure to properly follow maintenance instructions and
precautions can cause you to be seriously hurt or killed.
Always follow the procedures and precautions in this
owner's manual.
Safety Precautions
• Make sure the engine is off before you begin any maintenance or
repairs. This will eliminate several potential hazards:
– Carbon monoxide poisoning from engine exhaust.
Be sure there is adequate ventilation whenever you operate
the engine.
– Burns from hot parts.
Let the engine and exhaust system cool before touching.
– Injury from moving parts.
Do not run the engine unless instructed to do so.
• Read the instructions before you begin, and make sure you have
the tools and skills required.
• To reduce the possibility of fire or explosion, be careful when
working around gasoline. Use only a nonflammable solvent, not
gasoline, to clean parts. Keep cigarettes, sparks, and flames away
from all fuel-related parts.

MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE

Interval
Inspect the blade(s) (page 10)
Check the rear shield (page 5)
Check the blade torque (page 11)
Before each use
Check the grass bag (HRR) (page 11)
Check the engine oil level (page 12)
Check the air filter (page 12)
First month or Change the engine oil (page 12)
5 hours
Every year or Clean the air filter
25 hours
Every 50 hours Clean the air filter
Change the engine oil
Adjust the Smart Drive cable
Every 100 hours Clean the air filter
Change the engine oil
Inspect-adjust the spark plug (page 13)
Clean-check the spark arrester (page 13)
Check operation of the blade control lever
(page 13)
Adjust the throttle cable
Adjust the Smart Drive cable
Check the flywheel brake pad
Grease the pinion gears
Every 150 hours Change the engine oil
Replace the air filter
Replace the spark plug (page 13)
Adjust the valve clearance
Adjust the idle speed
Clean the fuel tank and filter
After every 250 Clean the combustion chamber
hours
Every 2 years Check the fuel line and replace if necessary
1. Service more frequently when used in dusty areas.
2. These items should be serviced by an authorized Honda servicing
dealer, unless you have the proper tools and are mechanically
proficient. Refer to the Honda shop manual for service procedures.
Failure to follow this maintenance schedule could result in
non-warrantable failures.
Item
1
(page 12)
1
(page 12)
1
(page 12)
2
1
(page 12)
1
(page 12)
2
2
2
2
1
(page 12)
1
(page 12)
2
2
2
2
2
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