Operator's Manual

AddingFuel
FuelSpecication
•Neverusekeroseneorgasolineinsteadofdiesel
fuel.
•Nevermixkeroseneorusedengineoilwiththe
dieselfuel.
•Neverkeepfuelincontainerswithzincplatingon
theinside.
•Donotusefueladditives.
PetroleumDiesel
Cetanerating:40orhigher
Sulfurcontent:Lowsulfur(<500ppm)orultra-low
sulfur(<15ppm)
FuelTable
Dieselfuelspecication
Location
ASTMD975
No.1-DS15
No.2-DS15
USA
EN590EuropeanUnion
ISO8217DMX
International
JISK2204GradeNo.2
Japan
KSM-2610
Korea
•Useonlyclean,freshdieselfuelorbiodieselfuels.
•Purchasefuelinquantitiesthatcanbeusedwithin
180daystoensurefuelfreshness.
Usesummer-gradedieselfuel(No.2-D)at
temperaturesabove-7°C(20°F)andwinter-grade
fuel(No.1-DorNo.1-D/2-Dblend)belowthat
temperature.
Note:Useofwinter-gradefuelatlowertemperatures
provideslowerashpointandcoldowcharacteristics
whicheasesstartingandreducesfuellterplugging.
Usingsummer-gradefuelabove-7°C(20°F)
contributestowardlongerfuelpumplifeandincreased
powercomparedtowinter-gradefuel.
UsingBiodiesel
Thismachinecanalsouseabiodiesel-blendedfuelof
uptoB20(20%biodiesel,80%petrodiesel).
Sulfurcontent:Ultra-lowsulfur(<15ppm)
Biodieselfuelspecication:ASTMD6751or
EN14214
Blendedfuelspecication:ASTMD975,EN590,
orJISK2204
Important:Thepetroleumdieselportionmust
beultra-lowsulfur.
Observethefollowingprecautions:
•Biodieselblendsmaydamagepaintedsurfaces.
•UseB5(biodieselcontentof5%)orlesserblends
incoldweather.
•Monitorseals,hoses,gasketsincontactwithfuel
astheymaydegradeovertime.
•Fuellterpluggingmayoccurforatimeafteryou
converttobiodieselblends.
•Formoreinformationonbiodiesel,contactyour
authorizedT orodistributor.
FuelTankCapacity
51L(13.5USgallons)
FillingtheFuelTank
Note:Ifpossible,llthefueltankaftereachuse.This
minimizespossiblebuildupofcondensationinsidethe
fueltank.
Addfueltothefueltankuntilthelevelisevenwiththe
bottomofthellerneck.Donotoverllthefueltank.
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