Owner`s manual
CAUTION
Your Universal Diesel engine is supplied with top quality, factory tested components. These will not,
however, replace safe practices in the handling
of
fuel and the use of your engine. The following pro-
cedures,
if
observed, will help insure safe operation and prevent damage to your engine and its
components.
SAFETY PROCEDURES:
KEEP THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT CLEAN AND FREE FROM OILY WASTE
AND CLOTHS.
KEEP FUEL AND OIL OUT OF BILGE.
PERIODICALLY INSPECT
THE ENGINE, EXHAUST SYSTEM, FUEL LINES AND WATER CON-
NECTIONS FOR LEAKS.
DO NOT OVERFILL THE FUEL SUPPLY TANK, THIS MAY CAUSE RAW FUEL TO AC-
CUMULATE
IN THE BILGE.
THE BLOWER SHOULD ALWAYS BE OPERATED FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR (4) MINUTES
PRIOR TO STARTING
THE ENGINE
SO
THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WILL BE COM-
PLETELY VENTILATED, IF BLOWER IS INSTALLED.
LUBRICATION:
THE ENGINE IS SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY WITH THE CRANKCASE EMPTY.
THE CORRECT GRADE AND AMOUNT OF OIL MUST BE ADDED BEFORE OPERATION, SEE
SPECIFICATIONS
AND FILL TO FULL MARK ON DIPSTICK.
THE TRANSMISSION IS FILLED BEFORE SHIPMENT BUT THE OIL LEVEL MUST BE CHECK-
ED BEFORE OPERATION, SEE SPECIFICATIONS, PAGE 41.
ALTERNATOR:
TO
PREVENT ALTERNATOR DAMAGE, DO NOT OPEN OR SWITCH BATTERY CIRCUITS
WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING.
RACING
THE ENGINE:
DO NOT
RACE THE ENGINE. THIS PRACTICE MAY CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE.
DECOMPRESSION LEVER:
DO NOT USE THE DECOMPRESSION LEVER
TO
STOP
THE ENGINE, THIS WILL CAUSE
SERIOUS DAMAGE
TO
THE EXHAUST
VALVES.
MODELS
M-12,
M2-10,
M3-20, M4-30 ANd
M-3S
DO NOT
HAVE
A DECOMPRESSION LEVER.
MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP:
IT IS THE OWNER'S OR OPERATOR'S RESPONSIBILITY
TO
PERFORM ALL NECESSARY
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
AND UPKEEp,
AT
LEAST SEMI ANNUALLY.
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