Toro 20382 - Operation; Filling the Fuel Tank; Product Overview

ProductOverview
G017481
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Figure7
1.Cutting-heightlever(4)
7.Recoil-starthandle
2.Sparkplug
8.Blade-controlbar
3.Airlter
9.Upperhandle
4.Oilll/Dipstick(notshown)10.Grassbag
5.Fuel-tankcap11.Washoutport
6.Dischargedeector
Figure8
1.Grassbag
3.Rear-dischargeplug
(installed)
2.Side-dischargechute
Operation
FillingtheFuelTank
RecommendedFuel:
•Forbestresults,useonlyclean,fresh(lessthan30days
old),unleadedgasolinewithanoctaneratingof87or
higher((R+M)/2ratingmethod).
•Ethanol:Gasolinewithupto10%ethanol(gasohol)
or15%MTBE(methyltertiarybutylether)byvolume
isacceptable.EthanolandMTBEarenotthesame.
Gasolinewith15%ethanol(E15)byvolumeisnot
approvedforuse.Neverusegasolinethatcontains
morethan10%ethanolbyvolume,suchasE15
(contains15%ethanol),E20(contains20%ethanol),or
E85(containsupto85%ethanol).Usingunapproved
gasolinemaycauseperformanceproblemsand/orengine
damagewhichmaynotbecoveredunderwarranty.
•Donotusegasolinecontainingmethanol.
•Donotstorefueleitherinthefueltankorfuelcontainers
overthewinterunlessafuelstabilizerisused.
•Donotaddoiltogasoline.
Important:Toreducestartingproblems,addfuel
stabilizertothefuelallseason,mixingitwithgasoline
lessthan30daysold;runthemachinedrybeforestoring
itformorethan30days.
Donotusefueladditivesotherthanafuel
stabilizer/conditioner.Donotusefuelstabilizers
withanalcoholbasesuchasethanol,methanol,or
isopropanol.
DANGER
Gasolineisextremelyammableandexplosive.A
reorexplosionfromgasolinecanburnyouand
others.
•Topreventastaticchargefromignitingthe
gasoline,placethecontainerand/ormachine
directlyonthegroundbeforelling,notina
vehicleoronanobject.
•Fillthetankoutdoorswhentheengineiscold.
Wipeupspills.
•Donothandlegasolinewhensmokingoraround
anopenameorsparks.
•Storegasolineinanapprovedfuelcontainer,out
ofthereachofchildren.
•Donottipthemachineonitssidewithfuelin
thetank.
1.Cleanaroundthefuel-tankcap,andremovethecap
fromthetank(
Figure9).
½ inch (1 cm)
G017480
Figure9
7