User manual KOHLER CV17

[. . . ] OWNER'S MANUAL COMMAND SERIES CV17-26, CV675-750 VERTICAL CRANKSHAFT Safety Precautions To ensure safe operation please read the following statements and understand their meaning. Also refer to your equipment owner's manual for other important safety information. This manual contains safety precautions which are explained below. WARNING Warning is used to indicate the presence of a hazard that can cause severe personal injury, death, or substantial property damage if the warning is ignored. CAUTION Caution is used to indicate the presence of a hazard that will or can cause minor personal injury or property damage if the caution is ignored. [. . . ] Pull the air cleaner element out of the housing. Heavy-Duty Air Cleaner Assembly. Clean Air Intake/Cooling Areas Main Element Inner Element To ensure proper cooling, make sure the grass screen, cooling fins, and other external surfaces of the engine are kept clean at all times. Every 100 hours of operation (more often under extremely dusty, dirty conditions), remove the blower housing* and other cooling shrouds. Clean the cooling fins and external surfaces as necessary. Make sure the cooling shrouds are reinstalled. *Cleanout kits 25 755 20-S (black) or 25 755 21-S (gold) allow inspection and cleanout of the cooling fins, without removing the blower housing. NOTE: Operating the engine with a blocked grass screen, dirty or plugged cooling fins, and/or cooling shrouds removed, will cause engine damage due to overheating. Figure 14. After the main element is removed, check the condition of the inner element. It should be replaced whenever it appears dirty, typically every other time the main element is replaced. Clean the area around the base of the inner element before removing it, so dirt does not get into the engine. Do not wash the paper element and inner element or use pressurized air, this will damage the elements. Replace dirty, bent or damaged elements with new genuine Kohler elements as required. Handle new elements carefully; do not use if the sealing surfaces are bent or damaged. Check all parts for wear, cracks, or damage. Replace any damaged components. Ignition System Carbureted Engines - Use an electronic Capacitive Discharge (CD) ignition system. Other than periodically checking/replacing the spark plugs, no maintenance, timing, or adjustments are necessary or possible with this system. EFI Engines - Incorporate a computer-controlled battery ignition system with individual coils. Other than periodically checking/replacing the spark plugs, no maintenance, timing, or adjustments are necessary or possible with this system. 13 Check Spark Plugs Every 200 hours of operation, remove the spark plugs, check condition, and reset the gap or replace with new plugs as necessary. The standard spark plug is a Champion® RC12YC (Kohler Part No. RFI compliant engines use a Champion® XC12YC (Kohler Part No. A high-performance spark plug, Champion® Platinum 3071 (used on Pro Series engines, Kohler Part No. Equivalent alternate brand plugs can also be used. [. . . ] Call 1-800-544-2444 or access our website at: www. kohlerengines. com, for the names of the nearest service centers. The warranty repairs should be completed in a reasonable amount of time, not to exceed 30 days. (c) If you have any questions regarding warranty rights and responsibilities, you should contact Kohler Co. at 1-920-457-4441 and ask for an Engine Service representative. warrants to the ultimate purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that the engine will be designed, built and equipped, at the time of sale, to meet all applicable regulations. [. . . ]