Toro 30635 - Engine Maintenance; Engine Safety; Servicing the Engine Oil

EngineMaintenance
EngineSafety
•Shutofftheengineandremovethekeybefore
checkingtheoiloraddingoiltothecrankcase.
•Donotchangethegovernorspeedoroverspeed
theengine.
ServicingtheEngineOil
OilSpecication
Usehigh-quality,low-ashengineoilthatmeetsor
exceedsthefollowingspecications:
•APIservicecategoryCJ-4orhigher
•ACEAservicecategoryE6
•JASOservicecategoryDH-2
Important:UsingengineoilotherthanAPICJ-4
orhigher,ACEAE6,orJASODH-2maycausethe
dieselparticulateltertoplugorcauseengine
damage.
Usethefollowingengineoilviscositygrade:
•Preferredoil:SAE15W-40(above0°F)
•Alternateoil:SAE10W-30or5W-30(all
temperatures)
ToroPremiumEngineOilisavailablefromyour
authorizedT orodistributorineither15W-40or10W-30
viscositygrades.SeethePartsCatalogforpart
numbers.
CheckingtheEngine-OilLevel
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Theengineisshippedwithoilinthecrankcase;
however,theoillevelmustbecheckedbeforeand
aftertheengineisrststarted.
Important:Checktheengineoildaily.Ifthe
engine-oillevelisabovetheFullmarkonthe
dipstick,theengineoilmaybedilutedwithfuel;
IftheengineoillevelisabovetheFullmark,
changetheengineoil.
Thebesttimetochecktheengineoiliswhenthe
engineiscoolbeforeithasbeenstartedfortheday.
Ifithasalreadybeenrun,allowtheoiltodrainback
downtothesumpforatleast10minutesbefore
checking.IftheoillevelisatorbelowtheAddmark
onthedipstick,addoiltobringtheoilleveltotheFull
mark.Donotoverlltheenginewithoil.
Important:Keeptheengine-oillevelbetweenthe
upperandlowerlimitsonthedipstick;theengine
mayfailifyourunitwithtoomuchortoolittleoil.
Checktheengine-oillevel;refertoFigure53.
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Figure53
Note:Whenusingdifferentoil,drainalloldoilfrom
thecrankcasebeforeaddingnewoil.
CrankcaseOilCapacity
Approximately5.7L(6USqt)withthelter.
ChangingtheEngineOilandFilter
ServiceInterval:Every250hours
1.Starttheengineandletitrun5minutestoallow
theoiltowarmup.
2.Withthemachineparkedonalevelsurface,
shutofftheengine,removethekey,andwait
forallmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe
operatingposition.
3.Replacetheengineoilandlter(Figure54).
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