HONDA GX160 OHV 4 Stroke Pull Start Petrol Engine Owner’s Manual

HONDA GX160 OHV 4 Stroke Pull Start Petrol Engine

Before installing and operating series general-purpose gasoline engine, please carefully read owner’s manual

GENERAL

Please ask you carefully read owner’s manual before operating gasoline engine. General purpose gasoline engine has fine quality since it bears the advantages of easy starting, reliable power output, saving fuel, small running noise and vibration, low displacement, multi power fan-out type, and perfect after sale service system to let you use without worry. This series gasoline engine adopts single cylinder, four stroke ,forced air cooling, OHV25° inclined, bottom place camshaft, transistor non-contact ignition and reliable machine oil warming system. It is small in size, light in weight and compact in structure.

This manual includes gasoline engine series lately and timely operation and service information (drawing of the manual does not completely represent actual matter and is only for reference). It has guidance for your operation. Since the product is being improved all the way, the gasoline engine will be subject to modifications and improvement without prior notice. If this gasoline engine is resale, the manual should be regarded as fixed part, companying with the gasoline engine to resell.

CAUTION

Please read this manual carefully before operating, and strictly operate according to the requirements of the manual. Our gasoline engine is reliable and safe without personal injuries and equipment damaged, but, if not following requirement of the manual in operation, it will lead to person injured and equipment damage.

APPLICATION RANGE

General purpose gasoline engine, being as power source, can be popularly used for generating set, water pump, mini-tillers, garden, and architecture machinery, etc terminal products, but, except motorcycle and automotive.

IDENTIFICATION

1. FUEL TANK
2. HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLIGUE
3. OIL DIPSTICK
4. CRANKSHAFT FAN OUT
5. MUFFLER
6. AIR CLEANER
7. FUEL TANK COVER
8. CYLINDER HEAD COVER
9. CARBURETOR ASSY
10. STARTER COMP
11. STARTER GRIP

SAFETY NOTES

WARNING: TO ENSURE SAFE OPERATION

• Don’t operate when you are tired, ill or under the influence of alcohol, otherwise, may result in serious injury.

SAFETY MEASURE

Caution

• The operators must be specially trained. The persons who are not qualified to operate the gasoline engine are strictly forbidden to operate this gasoline engine.
• During the operation of the gasoline engine, the exhaust gas contains some compound of CO and CH(content keeping within standard). In order to avoid accident, the engine must not be used indoor. If it has to be used indoor, the exhaust gas must be led to the out of the room and the outlet of the guide pipe must be not less than im from the doors & windows, meanwhile, the air in the room must be free from inhibition.
• For you and others safety, please pay attention to following safety labels:

The engine and exhaust system become very hot during operation and remain hot for a while after stopping. Contact with hot engine components can cause burn injuries and can ignite some materials

• Keep the gasoline out of reaching of the children.
• Don’t allow to place the inflammable, explosives and any other dangerous substances around the gasoline engine to avoid firing.
• The working condition shall be ventilated. The fire source must be kept not less than 10m away from the engine. What’s more, the engine must lie in the upper wind direction of the fire source.
• When filling in fuel & lubrication oil, the engine must be stopped.
• Strictly prohibit smoke in filling, don’t allow fuel and lubrication oil overflow. If the fuel or lubrication oil overflow or leak out, thoroughly clean it before the engine is started.
• Don’t allow start the gasoline engine to avoid the gasoline engine damaged before filling lubrication oil or filling lubrication oil not enough.

CAUTION

If long time repeated contact with gasoline, it can lead to skin cancer. Though it is small possibility, but each day contacting with gasoline can be possible. After each using gasoline, wash hands with water and soap as soon as possible. Keep it out of reach of the children.

CAUTION

• Carefully protect the environment when disposing used gasoline. We suggest that send to the wasted product station after sealed container.
• Don’t pour the used gasoline to the dustbin or terra and sewer.
• Keep level position can quickly and thoroughly drain gasoline out when hot engine state.

SPECIFICATION

OPERATION

PREPARATION AND CHECK BEFORE OPERATION

CAUTION

NO MACHINE OIL IN THE ENGINE, PLEASE FILL THE MACHINE OIL IN!

Check engine oil level

• Unscrew the oil dipstick to check whether the engine oil is within the range of specified limit. If the oil level is too low, add the engine oil from filling hole till the specified height.

CAUTION

• Using different brand engine oil will vary according to environment temperature.
• Our recommended engine oil is SAE 10W-30.

1. Oil dipstick hole
2. Highest oil level
3. Lowest oil level

Check fuel level:

Open the fuel tank cover and check the fuel level. If the level is too low, add the fuel from filling-hole till the oil level reaching the red stop plate inside of the strainer. Our recommended fuel brand is standard gasoline (unleaded gasoline is as standard). Do not mix the gasoline with the engine oil. Do not use the gasoline with foreign materials.

1. Fuel tank
2. ill-in hole
3. Red basic line for upper fuel level

Check air cleaner

• Air cleaner has two types of the semi-dry and oil bath. Check whether air cleaner is clean and foam shall be free from dust.
• First using oil bath air cleaner, filling clean machine oil level (oil level marked on the outer case of oil bath air cleaner) should be flushed with oil level of the air cleaner outer case.
• Clearly see safety and warning appliqué before starting.

1. butterfly nut
2. air cleaner cover
3. butterfly nut
4. paper filter-element
5. foam filter element
6. gasket
7. cleaner base plate

Starting engine

• Open the throttle switch, close the choke, adjust the throttle valve to proper position, first, slightly pull the starting handle till feeling a little resistance, then pull forcefully to start the gasoline engine.
• Affer starting, let the engine run 1-3 minutes at idle speed, meanwhile, check the engine working condition whether it runs stably or smoothly and there is any abnormal noise, then open the choke to maximum and adjust the throttle opening to obtain required speed. To the present, the starting process is completely over.

Stopping engine

When running engine, keep yourself far away from the muffler and don’t face exhaust outlet for your health. Pay attention to abnormal state of the engine in the running. If finding abnormal sound, grate vibration, serious traveling and firing gun, etc, stop the engine at once.

CAUTION

• Urgency stopping engine: Set the stopping switch to OFF position or directly pull out the spark plug.
• Correct stopping the engine is: First remove load, idle run 2-3 minutes, then, set the stopping switch to OFF position or directly pull out the spark plug, the machine will stop at once.
• Don’t directly stop the engine without removing load in normal condition!

Adjustment of the gasoline engine

Each gasoline engine has been strictly tested and inspected in our factory, general, the machine can normally run without any adjustment.
After operating some time, adjust to gasoline engine as following procedure if necessary:

• Adjust the valve gap: intake valve gap: 0.100.15mm; exhaust valve gap: 0.15-0.20mm.
  • Grasp valve gap adjusting nut and release valve lock nut.
  • Turn valve gap adjusting nut to specified gap.
  • Grasp valve gap adjusting nut and screw up valve lock nut. Torque: 10N.m (1.0kg.m)
  • After screwing up valve lock bolt, recheck valve gap.
• Adjust the governor system (big and small tension spring, throttle support, and throttle governor lever)
  • Remove the fuel tank.
  • Screw off lock nut and move the throttle support to completely open the valve.
  • After moving the throttle support, opening valve and turning the throttle governor lever in same direction to the farthermost position where it can reach, screw up lock nut.
  • Check if throttle support and valve move smoothly.
  • Install the fuel tank.

Notes of unpacking

• Carefully make the gasoline engine in normal condition when unpacking.
• Carefully check whether they are complete according to the packing list.
• Our company provides gasoline engine with fine quality, environment, performances and cost ratio high.

If you have any question in the operation, please consult with local dealer or directly telephone to our after sale service center.

CAUTION

• Don’t disassemble the gasoline engine by yourself within warrant period! (If disassembling by user, can’t join warrant certification).

TROUBLE ANALYSE & TROUBLESHOOTING

No starting or starting difficult

If you still have any problem after dealing with according to mentioned method, please send the gasoline engine to local dealer for repairing.

MAINTENANCE

1. Everyday maintenance:
   • Check the filter element of the air cleaner, remove the dirt and foreign materials to keep the element clean.
   • Check the fastening nuts whether they are tightened.
   • Check the lubrication Oil level whether it is kept within specified range.
2. After the engine running about 25 hours, the air cleaner should be cleaned.
3. After the engine running about 50 hours, the spark plug must be checked, remove its carbon deposits, and adjust its gap to 0.7-0.8mm.
   • Check radiating fin and remove the dirt among them. Replace the lubrica ion oil, unscrew the drain plug, tilt the engine slightly and let the lubrication oil drain out, add the kerosene to clean and then drain it out, finally, tighten the drain plug and fill in the new lubrication oil to the specified oil level.
   • CAUTION: Add correct oil brand, the filling volume for 160F 168FA/B is 0.6L,for 173F, 177E, 182F and 188F is 1.1L.
4. After every 100 hours running, the fuel tank and filter strainer must be cleaned. Open the fuel tank cover, take out the filter strainer and clean it with brush. Take off the fuel tank, clean inside of the tank and remove the dirt and water attached on the internal surface of the tank. Reassemble the tank and fit the strainer, then fill in new fuel oil till the oil level reaching the red basic line
5. After running every two years, check the ageing condition of the oil tube. If there is any ageing, hardening or crack, it must be replaced. Tighten the replaced oil tube joints and check its leakage.

Maintenance before stopping use for long time

For some reasons, if the engine is not used for a long time, it must be maintained one time before it is stored:

• Take off the fuel tank, drain out all fuel and clean the dirt and water inside of the tank. Open the fuel cock, unscrew the drain plug at the bottom of carburetor, drain out fuel in carburetor thoroughly, and then, screw the drain plug to original position.
• Unscrew the drain plug at the bottom of the crankcase and drain out the lubrication oil in crankcase thoroughly, then tighten the drain plug.
• Clean the outer surface of the gasoline engine with clean cotton, remove the dirt and dust etc, then store the gasoline engine in a clean and dry place where is in good ventilation condition.
• Turn crankshaft and make the gasoline piston stopping at upper limit position in order to avoid air entering in. Disposing wasted oil: Pleas use a special container to collect wasted oil from gasoline engine and send to local wasted oil station for disposing. Don’t pour everywhere.

TRANSPORTATION & STORAGE

Lightly handle in the loading and unloading, keep upright and don’t incline. Strictly prohibit bumping and protect from drenching in the transportation. The gasoline engine should be stored in the clean, ventilating, moisture-proof and damp-proof place.

If storing the engine for a long time:

1. Store the gasoline engine in the clean, ventilating, moisture-proof and damp-proof place.
2. Drain the fuel completely out of the machine (including machine oil in the oil bath type air cleaner).

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