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BEFORESTARTINGENGINE
WARNING:Besuretoreadthefuel
handlinginformationinthesafetyrules
sectionofthismanualbeforeyoubegin.
Ifyoudonotunderstandthefuelhan-
dlinginformationdonotattempttofuel
yourunit.Seekhelpfromsomeonethat
doesunderstandtheinformationor call
thecustomerassistancehelplineat
1-800-235-5878.
GUIDEBARAND CHAINOIL
The chainoilerprovidescontinuouslu-
bricationtothechain andguidebar.Be
suretofillthebar oiltankwhenyoufill
thefueltank(Capacity= 6.8 fLoz.)
Formaximum guidebarandchainlife,
we recommendyouuseCraftsman
chainsaw baroil.IfCraftsmanbaroilis
notavailable,youmay usea good
gradeSAE 30 oiluntilyouareableto
obtainCraftsmanbrand.The oiloutput
is automaticallymetered duringopera-
tion.Yoursawwilluseapproximately
onetankofbaroilforeverytankoffuel
mix.Alwaysfillthebaroiltankwhen
youfillthefuel tank.
FUELINGENGINE
Thisengineiscertifiedtooperateon
thefuellinesandcarburetorareempty.
Usefresh fuel nextseason.See STOR-
AGEinstructionsforadditionalInforma-
tion.
Neveruseengineorcarburetorcleaner
productsinthefueltankorpermanent
damagemay occur.
See theSTORAGEsectionfor additional
information.
STOPPING YOUR ENGINE
• MoveOn/StopswitchtotheSTOP
position.
• ifenginedoesnotstop,pullchoke
knoboutfully.
STARTING YOUR ENGINE
COLD ENGINEORWARM ENGINE
AFTER RUNNINGOUT OF FUEL
• Rllbaroiltankwithbar oi!.'(our saw
willuseapproXimatelyonetankofbar
o[Ifor eachtankoffuel mix.
• Primeenginebyslowlypressingprim-
erbulbsixtimes.
PrimerBulb
Ignition
STOP
unleadedgasoline.Beforeoperation, • Turnon ignitionbymovingOn/Stop
gasolinemustbe mixedwitha good switchtoON.
quality 2-cycleair-cooledengineoil.We ° Actuatechokebypullingchokeknob
recommendCraftsmanbrandoil,Mix fullyout.Setsaw ontheground.Grip
gasolineand oilata ratioof40:1 (A front handlewithyourlefthandand
40:1 ratioisobtainedbymixing3.2 placerightfoot throughrearhandle.
ouncesofoilwith1 gallonofunleaded
ff _ / ChokePositions
gasoline).DONOTUSEautomotiveoll " .: -,
orboatoil. Theseoilswilloause engine ___,qp...... _OOff'F_-''
t
damage.Whenmixingfuel follow the _ :
II
instructionsprintedonthecontainer.
Onceoilisaddedtothegasoline,
shakecontainermomentarilytoassure
thatthefuel isthoroughlym=xed.
Alwaysreadandfollowthesafetyrules
relatingtofuel beforefuelingyourunit,
IMPORTANT
Experienceindicatesthatalcohol
blendedfuels(calledgasoholorusing
ethanolormethanol)canattractmois-
turewhichleadstoseparationand
formation ofacidsduringstorage.Acid-
icgascandamagethefuelsystemof
an enginewhileInstorage.
Toavoidengineproblems,thefuel sys-
temshouldbe empti_l_beforestorage
for30 daysorlonger.Drainthe gas
tank,starttheengineandlet it rununtil
• SetfastIdlebydapressingthethrottle
lockwithyourrighthand.Then,
squeezethrottletriggerandhold.With
YdOUrthumb,pressthefastidlelock
ownandhold.Next,releasethe
throttletrigger.
° DONOTsqueezethrottletriggerdur-
ingstarting;otherwise,itwillbe nec-
essarytoresetthefast idleJock.
NOTE:Whenpullingthestarterrope,
donotusethefull extentoftherope.
Donotletstarterropesnapback.
Holdhandle.Letroperewindslowly.
• Pullstarterropehandlefirmlyand
quicklywithyourdghthanduntilthe
engineattemptstostartor5 pulls.
Thenpushthechokeknobfully in.
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