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Maintenance
Recommended Maintenance Schedule(s)
Maintenance Service
Interval
After the first 25 hours
Before each use or daily
Every 50 hours
Every 100 hours
Every 300 hours
Every 500 hours
Every 1,000 hours
Monthly
Yearly
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Service Interval: Before each use or daily—Inspect the air
cleaner element.
Every 50 hours—Clean the air filter element. Clean it
more frequently in dusty operating conditions.
Every 300 hours/Yearly (whichever comes
first)—Replace the paper air-cleaner element. Replace
it more frequently in dusty operating conditions.
Important: Do not operate the engine without the air
filter assembly; extreme engine damage will occur.
1. Set the throttle to slow, stop the engine, and wait for
all moving parts to stop.
2. Unscrew the plastic wing nut and remove the cover
(Figure 17).
Maintenance Procedure
• Change the engine oil.
• Check the engine oil level.
• Check the water trap.
• Clean debris from the air-cleaner housing.
• Inspect the air cleaner element.
• Clean the air filter element. Clean it more frequently in dusty operating conditions.
• Change the engine oil.
• Check the battery cable connections.
• Replace the paper air-cleaner element. Replace it more frequently in dusty operating
conditions.
• Change the eccentric oil.
• Replace the fuel filter.
• Adjust the belt.
• Clean the oil filter.
• Check the eccentric-oil level.
• Change the eccentric oil.
1. Wing nut
3. Unscrew the nut and remove the paper element (Figure
18).
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Figure 17
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