Toro 30487TC - Adding Fuel

FuelSafety
DANGER
Incertainconditions,fuelisextremelyammable
andhighlyexplosive.Areorexplosionfromfuel
canburnyouandothersandcandamageproperty.
•Fillthefueltankoutdoors,inanopenarea,when
theengineiscold.Wipeupanyfuelthatspills.
•Neverllthefueltankinsideanenclosedtrailer.
•Neversmokewhenhandlingfuel,andstayaway
fromanopenameorwherefuelfumesmaybe
ignitedbyaspark.
•Storefuelinanapprovedcontainerandkeepit
outofthereachofchildren.Neverbuymore
thana180-daysupplyoffuel.
•Donotoperatethemachinewithouttheentire
exhaustsysteminplaceandinproperworking
condition.
WARNING
Fuelisharmfulorfatalifswallowed.Long-term
exposuretovaporscancauseseriousinjuryand
illness.
•Avoidprolongedbreathingofvapors.
•Keepyourhandsandfaceawayfromthenozzle
andthefuel-tankopening.
•Keepfuelawayfromyoureyesandskin.
•Useonlyanapprovedfuelcontainer.
•Neverremovethefuelcaporaddfueltothefueltank
whiletheengineisrunning.
•Neverllcontainersinsideavehicleoronatruckor
trailerbedwithaplasticliner.Alwaysplacecontainerson
thegroundandawayfromyourvehiclebeforelling.
•Removetheequipmentfromthetruckortrailerandadd
fueltoitwhileitisontheground.Ifthisisnotpossible,
thenaddfuelusingaportablecontainerratherthanfrom
afuel-dispensernozzle.
•Keepthefuel-dispensernozzleincontactwiththerimof
thefueltankorcontaineropeningatalltimesuntilfueling
iscomplete.Donotuseanozzlelock-opendevice.
•Ifyouspillfuelonyourclothing,changeyourclothing
immediately.
•Fillthefueltankuntilthefuellevelis25mm(1inch)
belowthebottomofthellerneck.Donotoverllthe
fueltank.Replacethefuel-tankcapandtightenitsecurely.
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.Useofwinter-grade
fuelatlowertemperaturesprovideslowerashpointand
cold-owcharacteristics,whicheasesstartingandreduces
fuellterplugging.
Useofsummer-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.
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