CHK
GENERAL
ADJ
GENERAL
CHECKING THE ANODE
Check:
•
Anodes
Scales → Clean.
Oil/grease → Clean.
Excessive wear → Replace.
CAUTION:
Do not oil, grease, or paint the anode, or it
will not operate properly.
CHECKING THE SPARK PLUGS
1. Check:
•
Electrodes
Cracks/excessive wear → Replace.
•
Insulator color
Distinctly different color → Check the
engine condition.
Color guide:
Medium to light tan color
Normal
Whitish color
• Lean fuel mixture
• Plugged jet (s)
• Wrong setting
Blackish color
• Rich mixture
• Excessive oil usage
• Defective ignition system
• Defective spark plug
2. Clean:
•
Spark plug
(use a spark plug cleaner or wire
brush)
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