Briggs & Stratton Q6500 Manual Del Operador página 14

Maintenance
Service Spark Plug
Changing the spark plug will help your engine to start
easier and run better.
1. Loosen the three maintenance cover screws and
remove the side 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 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. Replace the side maintenance cover and hand tighten
the three maintenance cover screws.
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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.
Clean or replace spark arrester as follows:
1. Loosen the three maintenance cover screws and
remove the side maintenance cover.
2. Remove screw that attaches spark arrester screen to
muffler. Remove spark arrester screen.
Spark
Arrester
3. Obtain a replacement screen. See Common Service
Parts.
4. Reattach screen to muffler. Reattach side cover.
Common Service Parts
Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596106
Spark Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798615
Engine Oil Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100005 or 100028
Synthetic Oil Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100074
Fuel Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100120 or 100117
Spark Arrester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790153
Contact an authorized service dealer or
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diagrams.
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