Installation manual
INTRODUCTION
These high perfonnance marine engines are products
of
WESTERBEKE's long years
of
experience and advanced
technology.
We
take great pride in the superior durability and
dependable perfonnance
of
our engines and generators.
Thank you for selecting WESTERBEKE.
In
order to get the full use and benefit from your generator,
it
is
important that you operate and maintain it correctly.
This manual
is
designed to help you do this. Please read this
manual carefully and observe all the safety precautions
throughout. Should your engine require servicing, contact
your nearest WESTERBEKE dealer for assistance.
This
is
your operators manual. A parts catalog is also
provided and a technical manual is available from your
WESTERBEKE dealer.
If
you are planning to install this
equipment, contact your WESTERBEKE dealer for
WESTERBEKE'S installation manual.
WARRANTY
PROCEDURES
Your WESTERBEKE Warranty is included
in
a separate
folder. If. after
60
days
of
submitting the Warranty Registry
fonn you have not received a customer identification card
registering your warranty, please contact the factory in
writing with model infonnation, including the unit's
serial number and commission date.
Customer
Identification
Card
l"WV"JWESTERBEKE
I
Customer Identification
MR. WESTERBEKE
OWNER
MAIN STREET
HOMETOWN,
USA
Model80N4
Expires
2151200
I
Ser.
#UOOOO-E702
The WESTERBEKE serial number
is
an
alphanumeric
number that can assist in detennining the date
of
manufacture
of
your WESTERBEKE engine
or
generator. The manufac-
turer's date code is placed
at
the end
of
the engine serial
number and consists
of
a character followed by three num-
bers. The character indicates the decade (A=1960s, B=1970s,
C=1980s, D=1990s
E=2000s), the first number represents the
year
in
the decade: and the second and third numbers repre-
sent the month
of
manufacture.
PRODUCT
SOFTWARE
Product software, (technical data, parts lists, manuals,
brochures and catalogs), provided from sources other than
WESTERBEKE are not within WESTERBEKE's control.
WESTERBEKE CANNOT
BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CONTENT
OF
SUCH
SOFTWARE,
MAKES
NO
WAR-
RANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT
THERETO, INCLUDING ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR
COMPLETENESS
THEREOF
AND
WILL
IN
NO
EVENT
BE
LIABLE FOR
ANY
TYPE
OF
DAMAGE
OR INJURY
INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH
OR
ARISING
OUT
OF
THE FURNISHING OR
USE
OF
SUCH
SOFTWARE.
WESTERBEKE customers should keep
in
mind the time
span between printings
of
WESTERBEKE product software
and the unavoidable existence
of
earlier WESTERBEKE
product software. The product software provided with .
WESTERBEKE products, whether from WESTERBEKE or
other suppliers, must not and cannot be relied upon exclu-
sively as the definitive authority on the respective product. It
not only makes good sense but
is
imperative that appropriate
representatives
of
WESTERBEKE
or
the supplier
in
question
be consulted to detennine the accuracy and currentness
of
the
product software
being consulted by the customer.
NOTES,
CAUTIONS
AND
WARNINGS
As this manual takes you through the operating procedures.
maintenance schedules, and troubleshooting
of
your marine
engine, critical infonnation will be highlighted
by
NOTES,
CAUTIONS, and WARNINGS. An explanation follows:
NOTE:
An
operating procedure essential to note.
A
CAUTION:
Procedures
which,
if
not
strictly
observed,
can
result
in
the
damage
or
destruction
of
your
engine.
A
WARNING:
Procedures
which,
if
not
properly
followed,
can
result
in
personal
injury
or
loss
of
life.
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