This document is a user manual for a Yamaha outboard motor. It contains information on operation, maintenance and care.
This Owner's Manual from Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (1st Edition, April 2008) covers the 6C and 8C outboard motors and contains the information needed for proper operation, maintenance and care. It instructs the owner to keep the manual onboard in a waterproof bag while boating, and notes that the 6CMH and 8CMH models and their standard accessories are used as the basis for the explanations and illustrations.
The manual opens with safety information on propellers, rotating parts, hot parts, gasoline handling, and carbon monoxide, followed by specifications and requirements, component diagrams, and installation instructions. Operation chapters cover first-time use, breaking in the engine, starting and stopping, shifting, trimming, and tilting, while later chapters provide periodic maintenance charts, lubrication and greasing, gear oil changes, transporting and storing the motor, and a Trouble Recovery section with emergency procedures such as emergency starting and treatment of a submerged motor.
| Gasoline and engine oil mixing ratio | 100:1 |
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Yamaha instructs owners to keep this manual onboard in a waterproof bag whenever boating, and it should stay with the outboard motor if it is sold.
The manual specifies mixing gasoline and engine oil at a ratio of 100:1.
A WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
No, any damage resulting from neglect of the instructions in the owner's manual is not covered by warranty.