Briggs & Stratton PowerSmart Serie Manual Del Operador página 14

Maintenance
Service Spark Plug
Changing the spark plug will help your engine to start
easier and run better.
1. Push in on tab with screwdriver and remove top
maintenance cover.
2. Clean area around spark plug and remove spark plug
boot.
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 spark 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. Reinstall top maintenance cover.
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.
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Clean or replace spark arrester as follows:
1. Loosen back cover screws and remove cover.
2. Remove screw that attaches spark arrester screen to
muffler. Remove spark arrester screen.
3. Obtain a replacement screen. See Common Service
Parts.
4. Reattach screen to muffler. Reattach back cover.
Common Service Parts
Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84003886
Spark Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84003884
Engine Oil Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100028
Synthetic Oil Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100074
Spark Arrester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703189
Contact an authorized service dealer or
BRIGGSandSTRATTON.com for a full list of parts and
diagrams.
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