Toro 303447 - Air Cleaner Maintenance Procedures

AirCleanerService–
Airfiltersshouldbecleanedpermanufactures
recommendations
Oiled‐Foamtypeelementscanbecleanedusingsoapand
water.Addasmallamountofoilandsqueezetosaturate
theelement.
Papertypeelementscanbecleanedbytappinggentlyon
aflatsurfaceorbyusingcompressedair.
Someenginemanufacturesmaynotrecommendusingcompressedairwhencleaningfilters.Ifyou
choosetoyoucompressedairtocleanapaperelementfilter,itisrecommendedthatthefilterbe
cleanedwithlowpressureair.
Thisreducesthelikelihoodthatthepaperelementisdamagedduringthecleaningprocess.
Arecommendationistoattachanairpressure regulatortothehosethatisusedforfiltercleaning.
Settingtheregulatorfor10‐20PSI willnormallydoasufficientjobofcleaningwithoutriskingdamageto
theelement.
ThenextitemtolookatisCompression.