Briggs & Stratton 030761 Manual Del Usuario página 14

Maintenance
Service Air Filter
WARNING! Fuel and its vapors are extremely
flammable which could cause burns or fire
resulting in death or serious injury.
• Do not start and run engine with air filter removed.
Your engine will not run properly and may be damaged if
you run it with a dirty air cleaner. Clean or replace more
often if operating under dusty or dirty conditions.
To service the air filter, follow these steps:
1. Loosen back cover screws, slide cover up and remove.
2. Carefully remove foam filter by pulling it out towards you.
Face Plate
Filter
3. Wash foam filter in liquid detergent and water only.
Squeeze dry in a clean cloth.
4. SATURATE foam air filter in clean engine oil and
squeeze in a clean cloth to remove excess oil.
5. Reinstall clean or new foam filter inside base behind
face plate.
NOTICE Be sure filter is fully seated behind the face plate.
6. Slide back cover into grove and reinstall.
Service Spark Plug
Changing the spark plug will help your engine to start
easier and run better.
1. Loosen the three maintenance cover screws and
remove the side maintenance cover.
2. Clean area around spark plug and remove spark plug boot.
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3. Remove spark plug and inspect spark plug.
4. Replace spark plug if electrodes are pitted, burned
or porcelain is cracked. Use the recommended
replacement plug. See Common Service Parts.
5. Check electrode gap with wire feeler gauge and reset
spark plug gap to recommended gap if necessary.
See Specifications.
6. Install spark plug and tighten firmly. Reinstall spark
plug boot.
7. Replace the side maintenance cover and hand tighten
the three maintenance cover screws.
Inspect Muffler and Spark Arrester
The engine exhaust muffler has a spark arrester screen.
Inspect the muffler for cracks, corrosion, or other damage.
Inspect spark arrester screen for damage or carbon
blockage. Clean if carbon blockage is found or replace if
damaged. If replacement parts are required, make sure to
use only original equipment replacement parts.
WARNING! Contact with muffler area could
cause burns resulting in serious injury.
• Do not touch hot parts.
• 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,
reference Federal Regulation 36 CFR Part 261.52.
Clean or replace spark arrester as follows:
1. Loosen the three maintenance cover screws and
remove the side maintenance cover.
2. Remove screw that attaches spark arrester screen to
muffler. Remove spark arrester screen.
Spark
Arrester
Screw
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