Elem Garden Technic TDTPL41HP35P Manuel D'utilisation page 35

- Before any operation under the deck or the grass rear discharge chute.
- Before any maintenance, repairing or checking operations.
- Before carrying, lifting or removing the mower.
- If you leave the mower unattended or changing the cutting height.
- To remove and emptying the grass catcher.
- After hitting a foreign object, stop the engine and check thoroughly the mower in order to see
if it is damage. Bring the mower in a agreed service station to do the repairing if necessary.
WARNING: After you stopped the engine the blade is still in motion during a few
seconds.
- If the mower vibrates in an abnormal way, find the reasons why, and take your mower to an
agreed service station.
- Check regularly that bolts, nuts and screw are secularly tightening for a safe use of the
mower.
15. WARNING:GASOLINE IS HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE.
- Keep gasoline in a jerry can specially made for this purpose.
- Fill up the tank with a funnel, do the operation outside. Do not smoke. Do not use mobile
phone.
- Fill up with gasoline and oil before staring the engine. Never open the cap of the fuel tank to
add gasoline while the engine is running or still hot.
- Do not start the engine if there is some gasoline spread around, take the mower away from
the one where gasoline have been split and avoid any contact from a hot source as long as
the split gasoline is completely eva0porated.
- Tighten the fuel tank cap and close tightly the jerry can cap.
Maintenance and storage
- Make sure that all nuts, bolts and screws are kept well tightened to keep the lawnmower in a
safe operating condition.
- Never store the lawnmower with a tank with gasoline in an enclosed area where gasoline
fumes could reach a strong heat source or a flame. Allow the engine to cool down before you
store your lawnmower in any storage place.
- In order to reduce any risk of fire, clean the lawnmower and in particularly the engine, the
muffler, the fuel tank. Suppress all grass traces or leaves or excess of grease.
- Check frequently the condition of the deflector and the grass catcher, replace them if the are
damage.
- In case of drain oil of the tank before winter, do this operation outside.
- Wear thick gloves for the mounting and the sharpening of the blade. Be sure that the blade is
always well balance.
WARNING: Stop the engine and unplug the
spark plug before an repairing or maintenance
operations