Toro 20199 - Operation and Fueling; Filling the Fuel Tank; Gasoline Safety and Fuel Type

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Upperhandle
1.Traction-assisthandle3.Blade-controlbar
2.Blade-controlbarlock4.Ignitionswitch
(electric-startmodelonly)
ortoggleswitch(standard
modelonly)
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1.Grassbag3.Side-dischargechute
2.Rear-dischargeplug
(installed)
4.Batterycharger
(electric-startmodelonly)
Operation
FillingtheFuelTank
DANGER
Gasolineisextremelyammableandexplosive.A
reorexplosionfromgasolinecanburnyouand
others.
•Topreventastaticchargefromignitingthe
gasoline,placethecontainerand/ormachine
directlyonthegroundbeforelling,notina
vehicleoronanobject.
•Fillthetankoutdoorswhentheengineiscold.
Wipeupspills.
•Donothandlegasolinewhensmokingoraround
anopenameorsparks.
•Storegasolineinanapprovedfuelcontainer,out
ofthereachofchildren.
•Forbestresults,useonlyclean,fresh,unleadedgasoline
withanoctaneratingof87orhigher((R+M)/2rating
method).
•Oxygenatedfuelwithupto10%ethanolor15%MTBE
byvolumeisacceptable.
•Donotuseethanolblendsofgasoline,suchasE15
orE85,withmorethan10%ethanolbyvolume.
Performanceproblemsand/orenginedamagemayresult,
whichmaynotbecoveredunderwarranty.
•Donotusegasolinecontainingmethanol.
•Donotstorefueleitherinthefueltankorinfuel
containersoverthewinterunlessfuelstabilizerhasbeen
addedtothefuel.
•Donotaddoiltogasoline.
Important:Toreducestartingproblems,addfuel
stabilizertothefuelallseason,mixingitwithgasoline
lessthan30daysold.
1.Cleanaroundthefuel-tankcap,andremovethecap
fromthetank(
Figure11).
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