7-MAINTENANCE
Safetyrules
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Useclean,qualityNo.1-DorNo.2-Dfuel(ASTM
D975).
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UseNo.1-Dfueliftheambienttemperatureisexpected
tobelowerthan4°C(39°F)orifthetractoristobe
usedatanaltitudeexceeding1524m(5000ft).
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UseNo.1-2dieselfuelwithapourpointofatleast
-12°C(10°F)belowtheexpectedambienttemperature
topreventfuelowproblemsincoldweather.
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Keepdirtfromenteringthefueltank.
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Sulfurcontentofthefuelshouldbenomorethan0.5%.
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Sedimentandwatercontentshouldnotexceed0.5%.
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Minimumcetanenumberis40.Lowtemperatureor
highaltitudeoperationmayrequireuseoffuelwitha
highercetanenumber.
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Useproperlymixedwinterfuelwhentemperaturesare
extremelycold.Inmostareas,dieselfuelisproperly
blendedforsummerandwintergradesasambienttem-
peratureschange.Inwinter,usewintergradediesel
fuelonly.Otherwise,thefuelmaycloudandblockthe
fuelsystem.
FuelUsageSafety
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UNDERNOCIRCUMSTANCESshouldgasoline,alco-
hol,orgasoholbeaddedtodieselfuel.Thesecombina-
tionscancreateanincreasedreorexplosivehazard.
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Neverremovethefuelcaporrefuelthetractorwhilethe
engineisrunningorhot.
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Neversmokewhilerefuelingoranywherenearfuel.
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Whenllingthetank,maintaincontrolofthenozzle.
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Donotllthefueltanktocapacity.Allowroomforex-
pansion.
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Wipeupspillsimmediately.
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Alwaystightenthefuelcapsecurely.
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Iftheoriginalfueltankcapislost,alwaysreplaceitwith
aNewHollandapprovedcap.A"will-t"capmaynot
besafe.
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Keepequipmentproperlymaintained.
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Donotdriveequipmentnearopenres.
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Neverusegasolineforcleaningparts.
Biodieselfuel-approvedblendratio
TheuseofbiodieselblendsmeetingSpecicationStan-
dardsASTM6751orEN14214areapprovedforyouren-
gineuptoB5(5%blendratio).Itishighlyrecommended
tousebiodieselfuelfromaccreditedsupplierstomaintain
qualityandconsistencyofthefuel.
Biodieseldoesnothavealongtermstabilityandshould
notbeleftinenginesorstoredformorethanfourmonths.
Ifyourmachineisstoredforlongterm,engineshouldbe
ushed,priortostorage,byrunningforaminimumof30
minuteswithconventionaldieselfuel.
Biodieselfuelhasahighercloudpointthanconventional
dieselfuelsandisnotrecommendedinwintermonths.
Consultyourfueldealerforwinterfuelrequirementsfor
yourarea.
Biodieselfuelattractsmoistureandmaycontainahigher
contentofwater.Itmaybenecessarytodrainthefuel
lterwatertrapmorefrequently.
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