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MAINTENANCE
D-2 D-2
POWERARC® 5500
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• Have qualified personnel do all maintenance and
troubleshooting work.
• Turn the engine off before working inside the
machine.
• Remove guards only when necessary to perform
maintenance and replace them when the main-
tenance requiring their removal is complete.
• If guards are missing from the machine, get
replacements from a Lincoln Distributor. See
the EXPLODED VIEW AND PARTS LIST at the
back of this manual.
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Read the Safety Precautions in the front of this manu-
al and in the engine owner’s manual before working on
the POWERARC® 5500.
Keep all equipment safety guards, covers, and
devices in position and in good repair. Keep your
hands, hair, clothing, and tools away from the recoil
housing, fans, and all other moving parts when start-
ing, operating, or repairing this machine.
ROUTINE AND PERIODIC
MAINTENANCE
ENGINE MAINTENANCE
To prevent the engine from accidentally starting,
disconnect the spark plug lead before servicing
the engine.
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See the engine owner’s manual for a summary of
maintenance intervals for the items listed below.
Follow either the hourly or the calendar intervals,
whichever come first. More frequent service may be
required, depending on your specific application and
operating conditions. Table D.1 shows engine mainte-
nance replacement parts and numbers.
If this Power Arc 5500 is equipped with a Tachometer
/Hour meter (See page B-3 & B-4), then use it’s flash
alert feature to determine the oil change intervals, as
well as times when air filter service is required.
Once Oil or Air filter service is completed,
Tachometer/Hour meter needs to be reset. The reset
procedure will stop the flashing of the display and will
trigger the meter to start counting the time for the next
engine service. To stop the flashing alert for Oil or Air
filter service, do the following: While alert message is
flashing, hold the tip of the reset tool against area
shown in figure D.1 for several seconds. The display
will stop flashing. The service interval has been reset
and the message alert should start flashing for the
next Oil or Air filter change.
FFIIGGUURREE DD..11
OOIILL::
Check the oil level after every 5
hours of
operation or daily. BE SURE TO
MAINTAIN THE OIL LEVEL. Change
the oil the first time after 20 hours of operation. Then,
under normal operating conditions, change the oil
after every 100 hours or once every 6 months
whichever occurs first. If the engine is operated under
heavy load or in high ambient temperatures, change
the oil every 25 hours.
Drain the oil from the drain plug located on either side
of the engine bottom, as shown in Figure D.2. Refill
through the oil fill plug until the oil reaches the top of
the fill hole. Use the grade and viscosity recommend-
ed in the engine owner’s manual.
FIGURE D.2 - OIL DRAIN AND REFILL
LOCATION
1. OIL DRAIN PLUG
2. OIL FILL PLUG
3. OIL LEVEL
1
2
3
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T
O ELIMINATE
FLASHING HOLD
THE RESET TOOL
IN THIS AREA.
RESET TOOL
WARNING
CAUTION
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