Toro 03691 - Engine Maintenance; Servicing the Air Cleaner; Servicing the Engine Oil and Filter

EngineMaintenance
ServicingtheAirCleaner
Checktheaircleanerbodyfordamagewhichcould
causeanairleak.Replaceifdamaged.Checkthewhole
intakesystemforleaks,damageorloosehoseclamps.
Servicetheaircleanerlteronlywhentheservice
indicator(Figure59)requiresit.Changingtheairlter
beforeitisnecessaryonlyincreasesthechanceofdirt
enteringtheenginewhenthelterisremoved.
Important:Besurethecoverisseatedcorrectly
andsealswiththeaircleanerbody.
1.Releasethelatchessecuringtheaircleanercoverto
theaircleanerbody(Figure59).
Figure59
1.Aircleanercover3.Aircleanerservice
indicator
2.Aircleanercoverlatch
2.Removethecoverfromtheaircleanerbody.Before
removingthelter,uselowpressureair(40psi,
cleananddry)tohelpremovelargeaccumulations
ofdebrispackedbetweenoutsideofthelterand
thecanister.Avoidusinghighpressureairwhich
couldforcedirtthroughthelterintotheintake
tract.
Thiscleaningprocesspreventsdebrisfrommigrating
intotheintakewhenthelterisremoved.
3.Removeandreplacethelter(Figure60).
Cleaningoftheusedelementisnotrecommended
duetothepossibilityofdamagetotheltermedia.
Inspectthenewlterforshippingdamage,checking
thesealingendofthelterandthebody.Donot
useadamagedelement.Insertthenewlterby
applyingpressuretotheouterrimoftheelementto
seatitinthecanister.Donotapplypressuretothe
exiblecenterofthelter.
Figure60
1.Aircleanercover
2.Aircleanerlter
3.Aircleanerindicator
4.Cleanthedirtejectionportlocatedintheremovable
cover.Removetherubberoutletvalvefromthe
cover,cleanthecavityandreplacetheoutletvalve.
5.Installthecoverorientingtherubberoutletvalvein
adownwardposition—betweenapproximately5:00
to7:00whenviewedfromtheend.
6.Securethelatches.
ServicingtheEngineOiland
Filter
Changetheengineoilandlterinitiallyaftertherst50
hoursofoperationandevery150hoursthereafter.
1.Removethedrainplug(Figure61)andlettheoil
owintoadrainpan.
Figure61
1.Oildrainplug
2.Whentheoilstops,installthedrainplug.
3.Removetheoillter(Figure62).
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