Toro 30495 - Fuel System Maintenance; Servicing the Water Separator; Draining the Fuel Tank; Inspecting the Fuel Lines and Connections

FuelSystem
Maintenance
DANGER
Undercertainconditions,dieselfuelandfuel
vaporsarehighlyammableandexplosive.A
reorexplosionfromfuelcanburnyouand
othersandcancausepropertydamage.
•Useafunnelandllthefueltankoutdoors,
inanopenarea,whentheengineisoffand
iscold.Wipeupanyfuelthatspills.
•Donotllthefueltankcompletelyfull.Add
fueltothefueltankuntilthelevelistothe
bottomofthellerneck.
•Neversmokewhenhandlingfuel,andstay
awayfromanopenameorwherefuel
fumesmaybeignitedbyaspark.
•Storefuelinaclean,safety-approved
containerandkeepthecapinplace.
ServicingtheWater
Separator
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily—Drain
waterorothercontaminantsfrom
thefuellter/waterseparator.
Every400hours—Replacethefuel-lter
canister.
ServicethewaterseparatorasshowninFigure37.
Afterreplacingthewaterseparator,turnthekeytoON
for10seconds,butdonotstarttheengine.Turnthe
keyoffandrepeatthis2moretimes.
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Figure37
DrainingtheFuelTank
ServiceInterval:Every800hours—Drainandclean
thefueltank.
Beforestorage—Drainandcleanthefueltank.
Inadditiontothelistedserviceinterval,drainandclean
thetankifthefuelsystembecomescontaminatedorif
youarestoringthemachineforanextendedperiod.
Usecleanfueltoushoutthetank.
InspectingtheFuelLines
andConnections
ServiceInterval:Every400hours/Yearly(whichever
comesrst)
Inspectthefuellinesfordeterioration,damage,or
looseconnections.
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