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Operator’s Manual 15
FUELING
WARNING: EXPLOSIVE FUEL!
GASOLINE IS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE
AND ITS VAPORS CAN EXPLODE IF
IGNITED.
STORE GASOLINE ONLY IN APPROVED
CONTAINERS, IN WELL VENTILATED,
UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS AND AWAY
FROM SPARKS OR FLAMES.
DO NOT FILL THE FUEL TANK WHILE THE
ENGINE IS HOT OR RUNNING, SINCE
SPILLED FUEL COULD IGNITE IF IT
COMES IN CONTACT WITH HOT PARTS OR
SPARKS FROM IGNITION. DO NOT START
THE ENGINE NEAR SPILLED FUEL.
NEVER USE GASOLINE AS A CLEANING
AGENT.
WARNING: DO NOT OVERFILL THE FUEL TANK,
LEAVE ROOM FOR THE FUEL TO EXPAND.
General Recommendations
• Purchase gasoline in small quantities and store in clean,
approved containers.
• To minimize gum deposits in your fuel system and to
insure easy starting, do not use gasoline left over from
the previous season.
• Do not add oil to the gasoline.
Fuel Type
• For best results use only clean, fresh, unleaded gasoline
with a pump sticker octane rating of 87 or higher.
• Unleaded gasoline is recommended as it leaves less
combustion chamber deposits.
GASOLINE/ALCOHOL BLENDS:
Gasohol (up to 10% ethyl alcohol, 90% unleaded gasoline
by volume) is approved, as a fuel. Other gasoline/alcohol
blends are not approved.
GASOLINE/ETHER BLENDS:
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and unleaded gasoline
blends (up to a maximum of 15% MTBE by volume) are
approved as a fuel. Other gasoline/ether blends are not
approved.