Toro 30446 - Engine Maintenance; Air Cleaner Maintenance

EngineMaintenance
AirCleanerMaintenance
•Checktheaircleanerbodyfordamagewhichcould
causeanairleak.Replaceifdamaged.Checkthe
wholeintakesystemforleaks,damageorloosehose
clamps.
•Servicetheaircleanerlteronlywhentheservice
indicatorrequiresitorevery400hours(more
frequentlyinextremelydustyordirtyconditions).
Changingtheairlterbeforeitisnecessaryonly
increasesthechanceofdirtenteringtheenginewhen
thelterisremoved.
•Besurethecoverisseatedcorrectlyandsealswith
theaircleanerbody.
ServicingtheAirCleaner
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Every50hours
Every400hours
1.Pullthelatchoutwardandrotatetheaircleaner
covercounterclockwise(Figure49).
2.Removethecoverfromtheaircleanerbody.Before
removingthelter,uselowpressureair(40psi,
cleananddry)tohelpremovelargeaccumulations
ofdebrispackedbetweenoutsideofprimarylter
andthecanister.Avoidusinghighpressureairwhich
couldforcedirtthroughthelterintotheintakearea.
Thiscleaningprocesspreventsdebrisfrommigrating
intotheintakewhentheprimarylterisremoved.
Figure49
1.Aircleanerindicator3.Aircleanercover
2.Aircleanerlatch
3.Removetheprimarylter(Figure50).Cleaningof
theusedelementisnotrecommendedduetothe
possibilityofdamagetotheltermedia.Inspectthe
newlterforshippingdamage,checkingthesealing
endofthelterandthebody.Donotuseadamaged
element.Donotremovethesafetylter(Figure51).
Figure50
1.Aircleanerprimarylter
Figure51
1.Aircleanersafetylter
Important:Neverattempttocleanthesafety
lter(Figure51).Replacethesafetylterwitha
newoneaftereverythreeprimarylterservices.
4.Replacetheprimarylter(Figure50).
5.Insertthenewlterbyapplyingpressuretotheouter
rimoftheelementtoseatitinthecanister.Donot
applypressuretotheexiblecenterofthelter.
6.Cleanthedirtejectionportlocatedintheremovable
cover.Removetherubberoutletvalvefromthe
cover,cleanthecavityandreplacetheoutletvalve.
7.Installthecoverorientingtherubberoutletvalve
(Figure49)inadownwardposition-between
approximately5:00to7:00whenviewedfromthe
end.Securethelatch.
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