Tecumseh oh195sa-oh195sp (ohsk50-75) User Manual

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4-Cycle • Snow King Engine
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V. Starting Your Engine
To avoid serious injury or death, an 
adult should start this engine. Only 
allow children to start engine if an adult has determined 
they are experienced and capable of such operation.
If you are unable to start this engine 
after following instructions in this 
manual, contact your Authorized TecumsehPower 
Servicing Dealer. To avoid serious burn injuries or damage 
to your engine, DO NOT attempt to start or troubleshoot 
this engine in any other way. For example:
• DO NOT use starting fluid.
• DO NOT spray flammable vapors into carburetor.
• DO NOT put flammable liquids into carburetor.
• DO NOT operate engine or pull on starter rope with 
spark plug removed. Fuel can spray from spark plug 
hole and ignite. 
 NOTE
If engine is remotely controlled (see equipment 
manufacturer’s instructions) your equipment may 
have one or more of the following engine symbols. 
See Figure 18.
This section contains starting instructions for several 
different types of engines. In order to locate the instructions 
that apply to your engine, first determine what type of 
starter you have. If you have an electric starter, see 
“A. Engines with Electric Starters” instructions on page 10. 
If you have a manual recoil starter, see “B. Engines with 
Recoil Starters” instructions on page 13.
WARNING
WARNING
Figure 18. Typical Engine Symbols
STOP
STOP
SLOW
RUN
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