IMPORTANT:
Before starting t hepressure washer, besure
'ouarewearing adequate safety g oggles.
A. WARNING: Risk of eye injury.
Spray can splash back or propel objects.
• Always wear safety goggles when using this equipment or in
vicinity of where equipment is in use.
• Before starting the pressure washer, be sure you are wearing
adequate safety goggles.
• NEVERsubstitute safety glasses for safety goggles.
0. When starting engine, position yourself as
recommended and grasp starter grip handle and pull
slowly until you feel some resistance. Then pull rapidly
to start engine.
A. WARNING: Starter cord kickback (rapid retraction) can
result in bodily injury. Kickback will puii hand and
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arm toward engine faster than you can let go.
Broken bones, fractures, bruises, or sprains
could result.
• NEVERpull starter cord without first relieving spray gun
pressure.
• When starting engine, pull cord slowly until resistance is felt
and then pull rapidly to avoid kickback.
• After each starting attempt, where engine fails to run, always
point spray gun in safe direction, press red button and squeeze
spray gun trigger to releasehigh pressure.
• Firmly grasp spray gun with both hands when using high
pressure spray to avoid injury when spray gun kicks back.
11. Return recoil starter slowly. DO NOT let rope "snap
back" against starter.
12. When engine starts, slowly move choke lever to "Run"
position, as engine warms. If engine falters, move choke
lever to "Choke" position, then to "Run" position.
13. After each starting attempt, where engine fails to run,
always point gun in safe direction, press red button and
squeezespray gun trigger to releasehigh pressure.
Move choke leverto "Choke" position, and repeat steps
10 through 12.
14. If engine fails to start after six pulls, move choke lever to
"Run" position, and repeatsteps 10 through 12.
NOTE:Always keep the throttle lever in the "Fast" position
when operating the pressure washer.
A. WARNING:The high pressure stream of water that this
equipment produces can cut through skin and
its underlying tissues, leading to serious injury
and possible amputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when engine is
stopped and water is disconnected, which can cause
injury.
• DONOTallowCHILDREN t o operate pressure washer.
• Keephigh pressure hoseconnected to pumpand spraygun
whilesystemis pressurized.
• NEVER aim spraygun at people, a nimals,or plants.
• DONOT securespraygunin openposition.
• DONOT leavespraygun unattended whilemachine is running.
• NEVER usea spraygun whichdoesnot havea triggerlock or
triggerguardin placeandin workingorder.
• Alwaysbe certainspraygun,nozzles andaccessories a re
correctlyattached.
Ak. WARNING: Contact with muffler area can result in
serious burns.
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heat/gases can ignite
Exhaust
combustibles,
structures or damage
fuel tank causing a fire.
• DO NOTtouch hot parts and AVOID hot exhaust gases.
• Allow equipment to cool before touching.
• Keep at least 5 feet (152 cm) of clearanceon all sides of
pressure washer including overhead.
• It is a violation of California Public Resource Code,Section
4442, to use or operate the engine on any forest-covered,
brush-covered, or grass-covered land unless the exhaust
system is equipped with a spark arrester, as defined in Section
4442, maintained in effective working order. Other states or
federal jurisdictions may have similar laws.
Contact the original equipment manufacturer, retailer, or dealer
to obtain a spark arrester designed for the exhaust system
installed on this engine.
• Replacement parts must be the same and installed in the same
position as the original parts.
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