Warming Up The Engine - TOHATSU MFS 25B Manual Del Propietário

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ENGINE OPERATION
6. Confirm that the shift lever is at neutral
position.
7. Pull the starter handle slowly until you
feel engagement, keep pulling till you
feel less resistance. Then pull it quickly.
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WARNING
When the emergency starter rope is used
for starting engine;
Start in gear protection does not work.
Be sure to shift is at neutral position.
Otherwise the engine will move the boat
immediately and cause personal injury.
Be careful that your clothes or other
items do not get caught in the rotating
engine parts.
To prevent accident and injury by rotat-
ing parts, do not re-attach the recoil
s t a r t e r a f t e r t h e e n g i n e h a s b e e n
started.
Do not pull starter rope if any bystander
is behind. The action can injure the
bystander.
Attach engine stop switch lanyard to
clothing or any part of body like arm
before starting engine.
Be careful not to remove engine stop
switch lanyard from engine accidentally
while boat is running. Sudden stop of
engine can cause loss of steering con-
trol. It can also cause loss of boat speed,
possibly leading the crew(s) and or
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4. Warming up the engine

Warm the engine at low engine speeds for
about three minutes. This allows the lubri-
cating oil to circulate to all parts of the
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engine. Operating the engine without
warm up shortens the engine's life.
Be sure to check that cooling water is
coming out of the cooling water check
port during warm up.
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If the engine is operated without water dis-
charging from the check port, the engine
may over heat.
1. Cooling water check port
objects on the boat to be thrown for-
ward due to inertial force.
Do not touch electrical components
such as ignition coils, spark plug cables
or spark plug caps when starting engine
or while engine is in operation. Touching
any of these parts can cause electrical
shock.
CAUTION
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