Operator's Manual

AddingFuel
•Theenginerunsonclean,freshultra-lowsulfurdiesel
fuelwithaminimumcetaneratingof40.
•Purchasefuelinquantitiesthatcanbeusedwithin30days
toensurefuelfreshness.
•Usesummergradedieselfuel(No.2-D)attemperatures
above-7°C(20°F)andwintergradedieselfuel(No.
1-D)or(No.1-D/2-Dblend)below-7°C(20°F).
•Nevermixkerosene,usedengineoil,orresidualfuels
withthedieselfuel.
•Donotstorefueleitherinthefueltankorfuelcontainers
overthewinter.
•Fueladditivesarenotrecommended.Somefueladditives
maycausepoorengineperformance.
DANGER
Incertainconditions,dieselfuelisextremely
ammableandhighlyexplosive.Areorexplosion
fromdieselcanburnyouandothersandcan
damageproperty.
•Onlyllthefueltankwithdieselfuel.Fillingthe
fueltankwithgasolinemayresultinare.
•Fillthefueltankandstorefuelina
well-ventilatedarea.
•Neverrefuelthefueltankwithenginerunning.
•Donotllthefueltankcompletelyfull.Addfuel
untilitisatthesamelevelastheredring.This
emptyspaceinthetankallowsfueltoexpand.
•Neversmokewhenhandlingdiesel,andstay
awayfromanopenameorwheredieselmay
beignitedbyaspark.
•Storedieselinanapprovedcontainerandkeep
itoutofthereachofchildren.Neverbuymore
thana30-daysupplyofdiesel.
•Donotoperatewithoutentireexhaustsystemin
placeandinproperworkingcondition.
WARNING
Dieselisharmfulorfatalifswallowed.Long-term
exposuretovaporscancauseseriousinjuryand
illness.
•Avoidprolongedbreathingofvapors.
•Keepfaceawayfromnozzleanddieseltankor
conditioneropening.
•Keepdieselawayfromeyesandskin.
DieselFuelSpecications
Important:Donotmixoilwithdiesel.
Useultra-lowsulfurdieselfuelthatcomplieswiththe
followingspecication.Thetablelists7worldwide
specicationsfordieselfuels.
DieselFuelSpecications
Location
No.2–D,No.1–D,ASTM
D975–94
U.S.A.
EN590:96EuropeanUnion
ISO8217DMX
International
BS2869–A1orA2
UnitedKingdom
JISK2204GradeNo.2
Japan
KSM-2610
Korea
GB252China
FillingtheFuelTank
Note:Beforestartingforthersttimeorifthefuelsystem
isempty,llthefueltankfullywithdieselfuel.Thiscauses
thefuelsystemtobebledautomatically.
Automaticbleedingiscompletedafterawaitingperiodof1
to2minutes.Theengineisreadytostart.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,stoptheengine,
andallowtheenginetocool.
2.Liftthecover(Figure8).
Figure8
1.Coverhandle
3.Cleanaroundthefueltankcapandremoveit(Figure9).
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