Toro 30473 - Adding Fuel; Checking the Engine-Oil Level; Checking the Cooling System; Checking the Hydraulic System

AddingFuel
RecommendedFuel
Useonlyclean,freshdieselfuelwithultralow(<15
ppm)sulfurcontentmeetingASTMD975orEN590
specications.Theminimumcetaneratingshouldbe40.
Purchasefuelinquantitiesthatcanbeusedwithin180days
toensurefuelfreshness.
Important:Useofnon-ultralowsulfurfuelcauses
damagetotheengineemissionsystem.
Fueltankcapacity:43.5L(11.5USgallons)
Usesummer-gradedieselfuel(No.2-D)attemperatures
above-7°C(20°F)andwintergrade(No.1-DorNo.
1-D/2-Dblend)belowthattemperature.Usingwinter-grade
fuelatlowertemperaturesprovideslowerashpointand
cold-owcharacteristics,whicheasesstartingandreduces
fuellterplugging.
Usingsummer-gradefuelabove-7°C(20°F)contributes
towardlongerfuel-pumplifeandincreasedpowercompared
towinter-gradefuel.
Important:Donotusekeroseneorgasolineinstead
ofdieselfuel.Failuretoobservethiscautiondamages
theengine.
BiodieselReady
Thismachinecanalsouseabiodieselblendedfuelofup
toB20(20%biodiesel,80%petrodiesel).Thepetrodiesel
portionmustbeultralowsulfur.Observethefollowing
precautions:
•Thebiodieselportionofthefuelmustmeetspecication
ASTMD6751orEN14214.
•TheblendedfuelcompositionshouldmeetASTMD975
orEN590.
•Paintedsurfacesmaybedamagedbybiodieselblends.
•Monitorseals,hoses,gasketsincontactwithfuelasthey
maybedegradedovertime.
•Fuellterpluggingmaybeexpectedforatimeafter
convertingtobiodieselblendedfuel.
•Contactyourdistributorifyouwishmoreinformation
onbiodiesel.
FillingtheFuelTank
Important:Thefueltanksareconnected,butthefuel
doesnottransferquicklyfromonetanktotheother.Itis
importantwhenllingthatyouparkonalevelsurface.
Ifyouparkonahill,youmayinadvertentlyoverllthe
tanks.
Important:Donotoverllthefueltanks.
Important:Donotopenthefueltankswhenparkedon
ahill.Thefuelcouldspillout.
Figure8
Note:Ifpossible,llthefueltanksaftereachuse.This
minimizesbuildupofcondensationinsidethefueltank.
CheckingtheEngine-OilLevel
Beforeyoustarttheengineandusethemachine,check
theoillevelintheenginecrankcase;refertoCheckingthe
Engine-OilLevel(page24).
CheckingtheCoolingSystem
Beforeyoustarttheengineandusethemachine,checkthe
coolingsystem;refertoCheckingtheCoolingSystem(page
29).
CheckingtheHydraulic
System
Beforeyoustarttheengineandusethemachine,checkthe
hydraulicsystem;refertoCheckingtheHydraulicSystem
(page34).
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