Craftsman 580.768030 - Manual (Page 27)

EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM
WARRANTY
Emission Control System Warranty (“ECS Warranty“) for
1995 and later model year California utility and lawn and
garden equipment engines (for other states, 1997 and later
model year engines):
A. Applicability: This warranty shall apply to 1995 and later
model year California utility and lawn and garden equipment
engines (tor other states, 1997 and later model year
engines.) The ECS Warranty Period shall begin on the date
the new engine or equipment is delivered to its original,
end-use purchaser, and shafl continue for 24 oonsecut^e
months thereafter.
B. General Emissions Warranty Coverage: Tecumseh
Products Co. warrants to the original, end-use purchaser of
the new engine or equipment and to each subsequent
purchaser that each of its utility and lawn and garden
equipment engines is:
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1. Designed, built and equipped so as to conform with all
applicable regulations by the Air Resources Board
pursuant to its authority in Chapters 1 and 2, Part 5,
Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, and ’
2. Free from defects in materials and workmanship
which, at any time during the ECS Warranty period,
will cause a warranted emissions-related part to fail to
be identical in all materials respects to the part as
described in the engine manufacturer's application for
certification.
C. The ECS Warranty only pertains to emissions-related
parts on your engine, as follows:
1. Any warranted, emissions-related parts which are not
scheduled for replacement as required maintenance in
the Owner’s Manual shall be warranted for the ECS
Warranty Period. If any such part fails during the ECS
Warranty Period, it shall be repaired or replaced
Tecumseh Products Co. according to Subsection 4
below. Any such part repaired or replaced under the
ECS Warranty shall be warranted for any remainder of
the ECS Warranty Period.
2. Any warranted, emissions-related part which is
scheduled only for regular inspection as specified in
the Owner’s Manual shall be warranted for the ECS
Warranty Period. A statement in such written
instructions to the effect of “reprair or replace as
necessary," shall not reduce the ECS Warranty
Period. Any such part repaired or replaced jjnder the
ECS Warranty shall be warranted for the remainder of
the ECS Warranty Period.
3. Any warranted, emissions-related part which is
scheduled for replacement as required maintenance in
the Owner’s Manual, shall be warranted for the period
of time prior to the first scheduled replacement point
for that part. If the part fails prior to the first scheduled
replacement, the part shall be repaired or replaced by
Tecumseh Products Co. according to Subsection 4
below. Any such emissions-related partYepaired or
replaced under the ECS Warranty, shall be warranted
for the remainder of the ECS Warranty p>eriod prior to
the first scheduled replacement point for such
emissions-related part.
4. Repair or replacement of any warranted, emissions
related part under this ECS Warranty shall be
performed at no charge at a Tecumseh Authorized
Service Outlet.
5. The owner shall not be charged for diagnostic labor
which leads to the determination that a part covered
by the ECS Warranty is in fact defective, provided that
such diagnostic work is performed at a Tecumseh
Authorized Service Outlet.
6. Tecumseh Products Co. shall be liable fore damages
to other original engine components or approved
modifications proximately caused by a failure under
warranty of an emission-related part covered by the
ECS warranty,
7. Throughout the ECS Warranty Period, Tecumseh
Products Co. shall maintain a supply of warranted
emission-related parts sufficient to meet the expected
demand for such mission-related parts.
8. Any Tecumseh Products Co. authorized or approved
emission-related replacement part may be used in the
performarwe of any ECS Warranty maintenarxra or
repair and will be provided without charge to the
owner. Such use shall not reduce Tecumseh Products
Co, ECS Warranty obligations.
9. Urtapproved add-on or modified parts may not be
used to modify or repair a Tecumseh Products Co.
engine. Such use voids this ECS Warranty shall be
sufficient grounds for disallowing an ECS Warranty
Claim. Tecumseh Products Co. shall not be liable
hereunder for failures of any warranted parts of a
Tecumseh Products Co. engine caused by the use of
such an unapproved add-on or modified part
EMISSION-RELATED PARTS INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING:
1. Carburetor Assembly and its Internal Components.
a) Fuel filter
b) Carburetor gaskets
c) Intake pipe
2. Air Cleaner Assembly
a) Air Cleaner Element
3. Ignition System, including:
a) Spark plug
b) Ignition module
c) Rywheel assembly
4. Catalytic Muffler (if so equipped)
a) Muffler gasket (if so equipped)
b) Exhaust manifold (if so equipped)
5. Crankcase Breather Assembly and its Components
a) Breather connection tube
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