Toro 03708 - Engine Maintenance; Servicing the Air Cleaner

EngineMaintenance
ServicingtheAirCleaner
ServiceInterval:Every400hours
Checktheaircleanerbodyfordamagewhichcould
causeanairleak.Replaceifdamaged.Checkthewhole
intakesystemforleaks,damageorloosehoseclamps.
Servicetheaircleanerlteronlywhentheservice
indicator(
Figure54)requiresit.Changingtheairlter
beforeitisnecessaryonlyincreasesthechanceofdirt
enteringtheenginewhenthelterisremoved.
Figure54
1.Aircleanerindicator
Important:Besurethecoverisseatedcorrectly
andsealswiththeaircleanerbody.
1.Pullthelatchoutwardandrotatetheaircleaner
covercounterclockwise(
Figure55).
Figure55
1.Aircleanerindicator3.Aircleanercover
2.Aircleanerlatch
2.Removethecoverfromtheaircleanerbody.Before
removingthelter,uselowpressureair(40psi,
cleananddry)tohelpremovelargeaccumulations
ofdebrispackedbetweenoutsideofprimarylter
andthecanister.Avoidusinghighpressureair
whichcouldforcedirtthroughthelterintothe
intaketract.
Thiscleaningprocesspreventsdebrisfrommigrating
intotheintakewhentheprimarylterisremoved.
3.Removeandreplacetheprimarylter(Figure56).
Cleaningoftheusedelementisnotrecommended
duetothepossibilityofdamagetotheltermedia.
Inspectthenewlterforshippingdamage,checking
thesealingendofthelterandthebody.Donot
useadamagedelement.Insertthenewlterby
applyingpressuretotheouterrimoftheelementto
seatitinthecanister.Donotapplypressuretothe
exiblecenterofthelter.
Figure56
1.Aircleanerprimarylter
Important:Neverattempttocleanthesafety
lter(Figure57).Replacethesafetylterwitha
newoneaftereverythreeprimarylterservices.
Figure57
1.Aircleanersafetylter
4.Cleanthedirtejectionportlocatedintheremovable
cover.Removetherubberoutletvalvefromthe
cover,cleanthecavityandreplacetheoutletvalve.
5.Installthecoverorientingtherubberoutletvalvein
adownwardposition—betweenapproximately5:00
to7:00whenviewedfromtheend.
6.Resettheindicator(
Figure54)ifitshowsred.
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