Toro 20353 - Maintenance - Engine Servicing; Servicing the Air Filter; Changing the Engine Oil

WARNING
Tippingthemachinemaycausethefueltoleak.
Gasolineisammableandexplosiveandcancause
personalinjury.
Runtheenginedryorremovethegasolinewitha
handpump;neversiphon.
ServicingtheAirFilter
ServiceInterval:Yearly
1.Upclipthetopoftheair-ltercover(Figure30).
Figure30
1.Clip3.Airlter
2.Air-ltercover
2.Removetheairlter(Figure24).
3.Inspecttheairlter.
Note:Iftheairlterisexcessivelydirty,replaceitwith
anewlter.Otherwise,gentlytaptheairlterona
hardsurfacetoloosendebris.
4.Installtheairlter.
5.Usethecliptoinstalltheair-ltercover.
ChangingtheEngineOil
Changingtheengineoilisnotrequired,butifyoudesire
tochangetheoil,usethefollowingprocedure.
Note:Runtheengineafewminutesbeforechangingthe
oiltowarmit.Warmoilowsbetterandcarriesmore
contaminants.
Max.ll:0.47L(16oz),type:SAE30detergentoilwithan
APIserviceclassicationofSF,SG,SH,SJ,SL,orhigher.
1.Movethemachinetoalevelsurface.
2.RefertoPreparingforMaintenance(page16).
3.Cleantheareaaroundthedipstick.
4.Removethedipstick(Figure31).
Figure31
1.Dipstick
5.Tipthemachineontoitssidewiththeairlterupto
draintheusedoiloutthroughtheoil-lltube(Figure
32).
Figure32
6.Slowlypouroilintotheoil-lltubeuntiltheoillevel
reachestheFulllineonthedipstick(Figure31).Do
notoverll.
7.Installthedipsticksecurely.
8.Disposeoftheusedoilproperlyatalocalrecycling
center.
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