PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 399
FEBRUARY 1986
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Generator Sets.
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Keep it clean! That's stiL± the best
AdvIce when it comeS to fe± Fr your
generator ²et².
DIrty ³UeL I² a power-²topper. ONce
dIr´ µ¶UL· Up a ¸±ter or clog· a ¹ºeL LINe»
your engiNe ·pu´ter· ¼r ½Ie·¾ Your ·et
cAn't Ge¿erate electrIcIty.
WIth reGu±Ar ¼nce-¼Ver· A¿d c¼MM¼À
PM
·e¿·eÁ y¼u CA¿ keep y¼ur
ge¿ErA´¼r· eNÃI¿E huMMIÀÃÄ HerÅ'·
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Keep fe± cÇeanÈ RUst an½ ½iÉt wiLL
sett±e to the bottom o³ a 5ÊgaLLon canÈ
ËUmp oUt tÌe ±aÍt Îew oUnces oÎÎUeL in
each can inÍtea½ oÎ Using itÏ ÐUmp it
into an approveÑ contÒineÉ, oÎ coUÉÍe,
not onto tÌe groUnÑÓ ÔÌecÕ yoUÉ cÌÒin
oÎ commanÑ ÖÉ pÉopeÉ ×eL ½isposÒLØ
ÙÎ the caN
is
yoUr ÎUeL tanÕ, ÑonÚt
ÍhaÕe it Ío the ÑiÉt getÍ into the ÎUe±
tanÕ aÑÒpterÄ
Be SUre yoU snUg the aÑapteÉ when
yoU IN²ta±± It. That Õeeps the pipe ³ÉoM
·UcÛIng air Into the fe± Lines.
ÙÎ yÜU poUr Îuel ÎÉoM canÍÝ Make
sUÉe Þhe gÒÍ tanÕÚÍ screen iÍ in p±ace
anÑ clean¾ ÙtÍ sole job iÍ to Ícreen oUt
Ñirt anÑ gUnÕ that Îoul ÎUe±ß
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àhecÕ feL áÇteÉs oâenÈ Ëonãt
hesitate to ÉepLace a ½iÉäy oneÈ
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åeveÉ tÉy to pÉime yoUÉ engi¿e by
poUÉing gas into the caÉbUÉetoÉæoÉ inç
to the meteÉing JetÈ
What happens IÍè the Jet 0éÉing gets
±ost a¿½ aiÉ LeaÕs inêa½e tÌe systemë OÉ
the fe± Íystem gets ìULe½ Up íom Ñiîäy
feL ïÉom a ½iîäy containeÉÈ
WÌen the feL system is woÉÕiNg
pÉopeɱy, the caÉbUÉetoÉ is seL³ÊpÉimingÈ
ðse the feL PUmp to pÉime a bone-½Éy
engIneñ
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Keep fe± tanÕs fLL wheneêeÉ yoò
canó That hoL½s ½own coÉrosion an½ rUst
in the fe± Lines, Õeeps caÉbUÉetoÉ ôLoat
neeÑLeÍ cLean anÑ Ûeeps ³UeL pUmp
dIaphÉAgms ôÉom dÉyIng oUtÈ
i
õqòirt a LItä±e oiL Into töe feL Line
÷eøre yoU hooÛ i´ Up. That ÛeepÍ ½own
rù·t ANú corroûion» tooÈ
´hrOW µN SOm¶ Sa·¶´Y
ühe ýÀAL w¼rd IN ôþeL ·Aÿty i· to
¿eVÅr Add ôuel to A h¼t e¿GineÈ
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¸re
Āā¿ ·hþt úĂăn yoòr ·etĄ¼r youąĆr
G¼¼d.
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