Toro 30857 - Engine Maintenance; Servicing the Air Cleaner

EngineMaintenance
ServicingtheAirCleaner
ServiceInterval:Every400hours
Checktheaircleanerbodyfordamagewhichcould
causeanairleak.Replaceifdamaged.Checkthewhole
intakesystemforleaks,damageorloosehoseclamps.
Servicetheaircleanerlteronlywhentheservice
indicator(
Figure28)requiresit.Changingtheairlter
beforeitisnecessaryonlyincreasesthechanceofdirt
enteringtheenginewhenthelterisremoved.
Figure28
1.Aircleanerindicator
Important:Besurethecoverisseatedcorrectly
andsealswiththeaircleanerbody.
1.Pullthelatchoutwardandrotatetheaircleaner
covercounterclockwise(
Figure29).
Figure29
1.Aircleanerlatch2.Aircleanercover
2.Removethecoverfromtheaircleanerbody.Before
removingthelter,uselowpressureair(40psi,
cleananddry)tohelpremovelargeaccumulations
ofdebrispackedbetweenoutsideofprimarylter
andthecanister.Avoidusinghighpressureair
whichcouldforcedirtthroughthelterintothe
intaketract.
Thiscleaningprocesspreventsdebrisfrommigrating
intotheintakewhentheprimarylterisremoved.
3.Removeandreplacetheprimarylter(
Figure30).
Cleaningoftheusedelementisnotrecommended
duetothepossibilityofdamagetotheltermedia.
Inspectthenewlterforshippingdamage,checking
thesealingendofthelterandthebody.Donot
useadamagedelement.Insertthenewlterby
applyingpressuretotheouterrimoftheelementto
seatitinthecanister.Donotapplypressuretothe
exiblecenterofthelter.
Figure30
1.Aircleanerprimarylter
Important:Neverattempttocleanthesafety
lter(Figure31).Replacethesafetylterwitha
newoneaftereverythreeprimarylterservices.
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