Toro 30447N - Operation; Before Operating

Operation
Note:Determinetheleftandrightsidesofthemachine
fromthenormaloperatingposition.
BeforeOperating
CAUTION
Ifyouleavethekeyintheignitionswitch,someone
couldaccidentlystarttheengineandseriously
injureyouorotherbystanders.
Removethekeyfromtheignitionbeforeyoudoany
maintenance.
CheckingtheEngineOil
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Theengineisshippedwithoilinthecrankcase;however,the
oillevelmustbecheckedbeforeandaftertheengineisrst
started.
Thecrankcasecapacityis10qt(9.5l)withthelter.
Usehigh-qualityengineoilthatmeetsthefollowing
specications:
•APIClassicationLevelRequired:CH-4,CI-4orhigher.
•Preferredoil:SAE15W-40(above0°F)
•Alternateoil:SAE10W-30or5W-30(alltemperatures)
ToroPremiumEngineOilisavailablefromyourdistributor
ineither15W-40or10W-30viscosity.Seethepartscatalog
forpartnumbers.
Note:Thebesttimetochecktheengineoiliswhenthe
engineiscoolbeforeithasbeenstartedfortheday.Ifithas
alreadybeenrun,allowtheoiltodrainbackdowntothe
sumpforatleast10minutesbeforechecking.Iftheoillevel
isatorbelowthe“add”markonthedipstick,addoiltobring
theoilleveltothe“full”mark.DONOTOVERFILL.If
theoillevelisbetweenthe“full”and“add”marks,nooil
additionisrequired.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.Unlocktheengine
coverlatches.
2.Opentheenginecover.
3.Removethedipstick,wipeitclean,installthedipstick
intothetube,andpullitoutagain.Theoillevelshould
beuptotheFULLmark(
Figure8).
Figure8
1.Dipstick
4.IftheoilisbelowtheFullmark,removethellcap
(Figure9)andaddoiluntilthelevelreachestheFull
mark.Donotoverll.
Figure9
1.Oilllcap
Note:Whenusingdifferentoil,drainalloldoilfrom
thecrankcasebeforeaddingnewoil.
5.Installtheoilllcapanddipstick.
6.Closetheenginecoverandsecureitwiththelatches.
CheckingtheCoolingSystem
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Checklevelofcoolantatthebeginningofeachday.Capacity
ofsystemis13qts.(12.3l).
1.Carefullyremovetheradiatorcapandexpansiontank
cap(
Figure10).
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