General information9 Take care not to spill gasoline. If gaso-line spills, wipe it up immediately withdry rags. Do not overfill the fuel tank. Tighten the filler cap securely after refu-eling. If you should swallow some gasoline, in-hale a lot of gasoline vapor, or get gaso-line in your eyes, get immediate medicalattention. If any gasoline spills onto your skin, im-mediately wash with soap and water.Change clothing if gasoline spills on it. Touch the fuel nozzle to the filler open-ing or funnel to help prevent electrostat-ic sparks.CAUTION:ECM00010Use only new clean gasoline which hasbeen stored in clean containers and is notcontaminated with water or foreign matter.EMU30700GasolineGasoholThere are two types of gasohol: gasohol con-taining ethanol and that containing methanol.Gasohol containing ethanol can be used ifethanol content does not exceed 10% and thefuel meets minimum octane ratings. Yamahadoes not recommended gasohol containingmethanol because it can cause fuel systemdamage or engine performance problems.EMU25683Engine oilNOTE:If the recommended engine oil grades are notavailable, select an alternative from the fol-lowing chart according to the average temper-atures in your area.CAUTION:ECM01050All 4-stroke engines are shipped from thefactory without engine oil.Recommended gasoline:Premium unleaded gasoline with aminimum octane rating of 89 (PumpOctane Number) = (R+M)/2Recommended engine oil:4-stroke motor oil with a combination ofthe following SAE and API oil classifi-cationsEngine oil type SAE:10W-30 or 10W-40Engine oil grade API:SE, SF, SG, SH, SJ, SLEngine oil quantity (excluding oil filter):5.6 L (5.92 US qt) (4.93 Imp.qt)