Baja Marine Performance 245 - Manual (Page 49)

245 Performance ® 5.3
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5 • f
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• Electrical equipment, including blowers – power
off.
• Doors, hatches – closed.
• smoking material – extinguished.
• Inboard tanks – grounded.
• filler pipe – marked gas or DIEsEl.
• Fuel nozzle – in contact with filler pipe to prevent
static sparks.
• Fill level – fill less than rated capacity of tank;
allow for fuel expansion.
• Trim – fuel weight distributed equally.
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• Doors, hatches – open.
• sniff test – if fuel fumes remain, operate blowers
until fumes are gone.
• Fuel tank – secure filler cap.
• spills – wipe; dispose of rags ashore.
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fuel Tank Opening
fuel fill Cap