Preventing fire and explosion

1 Safety measures

Preventing fire and explosion

Fire risk!

• Do not smoke if refuelling.

• Avoid spilling fuel on hot surfaces. Spilled fuel must be cleaned up immediately.

• Do not use petrol or diesel to clean components but make use of good quality, noninflammable, non-poisonous solvents that are available from dealers.

• Always be alert to possible fuel or oil leakage!

If you discover a leak, take counter-measures immediately. If fuel or oil is spilled on a hot engine, fire can break out. This can cause physical injury or damage to the equipment. • Do not fill the fuel tank while the engine is running!

Only refuel with the engine stopped.

• Never put flammable materials in the vicinity of the engine!

• Keep the engine and engine compartment clean!

Remove all inflammable materials such as fuel, oil and other litter before it builds up in the vicinity of the engine. • Connecting (emergency) extra starting battery

Proceed as follows when an extra starting battery is used to jump start the engine:

- First connect the positive lead

- Lastly connect the earth cable (negative pole) to the engine block

If this cable is connected in error to the negative pole of the engine battery, a spark can occur. The result of this could be that explosive gas produced by the battery explodes.

- Once the engine is started, first remove the earth cable.