Use and Care Manual

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Operation

Attachments/Accessories

AselectionofLawn-Boyapprovedattachmentsand

accessoriesisavailableforusewiththemachinetoenhance

andexpanditscapabilities.ContactyourAuthorizedService

DealerorDistributororgotowww .Lawn-Boy.comforalist

ofallapprovedattachmentsandaccessories.

FillingtheFuelTank

DANGER

Gasolineisextremelyammableandexplosive.A

reorexplosionfromgasolinecanburnyouand

others.

•Topreventastaticchargefromignitingthe

gasoline,placethecontainerand/ormachine

directlyonthegroundbeforelling,notina

vehicleoronanobject.

•Fillthetankoutdoorswhentheengineiscold.

Wipeupspills.

•Donothandlegasolinewhensmokingoraround

anopenameorsparks.

•Storegasolineinanapprovedfuelcontainer,out

ofthereachofchildren.

•Forbestresults,useonlyclean,fresh(lessthan30days

old),unleadedgasolinewithanoctaneratingof87or

higher((R+M)/2ratingmethod).

•Oxygenatedfuelwithupto10%ethanolor15%MTBE

byvolumeisacceptable.

•Ethanol:Gasolinewithupto10%ethanol(gasohol)

or15%MTBE(methyltertiarybutylether)byvolume

isacceptable.EthanolandMTBEarenotthesame.

Gasolinewith15%ethanol(E15)byvolumeisnot

approvedforuse.Neverusegasolinethatcontains

morethan10%ethanolbyvolume,suchasE15

(contains15%ethanol),E20(contains20%ethanol),or

E85(containsupto85%ethanol).Usingunapproved

gasolinemaycauseperformanceproblemsand/orengine

damagewhichmaynotbecoveredunderwarranty.

•Donotusegasolinecontainingmethanol.

•Donotstorefueleitherinthefueltankorinfuel

containersoverthewinterunlessafuelstabilizerisused.

•Donotaddoiltogasoline.

Important:Toreducestartingproblems,addfuel

stabilizertothefuelallseason,mixingitwithgasoline

lessthan30daysold.

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CheckingtheEngine-oilLevel

ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily

Max.ll:0.65L(22oz),type:10W-30orSAE30detergent

oilwithanAPIserviceclassicationofSJorhigher.

1.Movethemachinetoalevelsurface.

2.Removethedipstick(

Figure8).

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Figure8

Engineforelectric-startmodelsnotshown

3.Wipeoffthedipstickendwithacleancloth.

4.Insertthedipstickintotheoil-lltube,butdonot

screwitin.

5.Removethedipstickandreadtheoillevel;referto

Figure8.

•Iftheoillevelislow,addasmallamountofoil

slowlytotheoil-lltube,andthenrepeatsteps

3through5untiltheoillevelonthedipstickis

correct.

•Iftheoillevelishigh,draintheexcessoiluntilthe

oillevelonthedipstickiscorrect.Todrainthe

excessoil,refertoChangingtheEngineOil(page

13)

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