Routine Small Engine Maintenance

Basics

• This page aims to formulate a Standard Operating Procedure for the Fleet Management of Small Engine powered equipment such as:
  • Portable Generators
  • Engine Driven Air Compressors
  • Engine Driven Pressure Washers
  • Engine Driven Trash Pumps
  • Non-Electric String Trimmers / Leafblowers and other small landscaping equipment
  • Non-Electric Lawn Mowers (Both “standard” , Self Propelled Push Mowers , and Zero Turn Lawn Mowers / Lawn Tractors etc, although the latter is more akin to conventional large vehicle Fleet Management )
  • and anything else that isn’t a large ICE driven Vehicle, or a large Standby Genset or Liquid Fuel Fired Heater etc
    • The former can be read about under Fleet Management
    • Genset Maintenance covers Larger Generators (although much of it applies to Portable Generators as well, although Equipment Seasonality adds some challenges such as Prolonged Storage / Ease of forgetting things etc)
  • Liquid Fired Burner Maintenance / Heater Maintenance are readable for information on non-electric Hot Water Pressure Washers , Steam Cleaners , and devices such as Forced Air Fired Heaters or Convective Fired Heaters etc