Toro 04540 - Servicing the Engine Oil

intotheintakewhenyouremovetheprimary
lter.
Important:Avoidusinghigh-pressureair
thatcouldforcedirtthroughthelterinto
theintaketract.
4.Removeandreplacetheprimarylter,as
follows:
Important:Donotcleantheusedelement.
A.Inspectthenewlterforshippingdamage;
donotuseadamagedelement.
B.Carefullypulltheoldlteroutofthelter
bodyanddiscardit.
C.Insertthenewlterbyapplyingpressure
totheouterrimoftheelementtoseatitin
thecanister,checkingthesealingendofthe
lterandthebody.
Important:Donotapplypressuretothe
exiblecenterofthelter.
5.Cleanthedirtejectionportlocatedinthe
removablecover.Removetherubberoutlet
valvefromthecover,cleanthecavityand
replacetheoutletvalve.
6.Installthecoverorientingtherubberoutletvalve
inadownwardposition—betweenapproximately
5o’clockto7o’clockwhenviewedfromtheend.
7.Securethelatches(Figure30).
ServicingtheEngineOil
CheckingtheEngineOil
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Theengineisshippedwith3.7L(3.9USqt)(with
lter)ofoilinthecrankcase;however,youmustcheck
theoillevelbeforeandafterstartingtheenginethe
rsttime.
Usehigh-qualityengineoilthatmeetsthefollowing
specications:
•APIClassicationLevelRequired:CH–4,CI–4or
higher.
•Preferredoil:SAE10W–30
•Alternateoil:SAE15W–40
ToroPremiumEngineoilisavailablefromyour
distributorinthe10W–30viscosity.SeetheParts
Catalogforpartnumbers.
Note:Thebesttimetochecktheengineoiliswhen
theengineiscoolbeforeithasbeenstartedforthe
day.Ifithasalreadybeenrun,allowtheoiltodrain
backdowntothesumpforatleast10minutesbefore
checking.IftheoillevelisatorbelowtheAddmark
onthedipstick,addoiltobringtheoilleveltotheFULL
mark.Donotoverll.
Important:Keeptheengineoillevelbetweenthe
upperandlowerlimitsontheoilgauge;theengine
mayfailifyourunitwithtoomuchortoolittleoil.
1.Positionthemachineonalevelsurface.
2.Removethedipstickandwipeitwithacleanrag
(Figure32).
Important:Removethedipstickwhilelling
theenginewithoil.Whenaddingengine
oilorllingoil,theremustbeclearance
betweentheoillldeviceandtheoilll
holeinthevalvecoverasshowninFigure
31.Thisclearanceisnecessarytopermit
ventingwhenlling,whichpreventstheoil
fromoverrunningintothebreather.
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Figure31
1.Noteclearance
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