Toro 30874 - Cooling System Maintenance; Cooling System Safety; Checking the Cooling System

CoolingSystem
Maintenance
CoolingSystemSafety
•Swallowingenginecoolantcancausepoisoning;
keepoutofreachfromchildrenandpets.
•Dischargeofhot,pressurizedcoolantortouching
ahotradiatorandsurroundingpartscancause
severeburns.
–Alwaysallowtheenginetocoolatleast15
minutesbeforeremovingtheradiatorcap.
–Usearagwhenopeningtheradiatorcap,and
openthecapslowlytoallowsteamtoescape.
CheckingtheCooling
System
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Coolantspecication:50/50mixtureofwaterand
ethyleneglycolantifreeze
Coolingsystemcapacity:8.5L(9USqt).
1.Carefullyremovetheradiatorcap.
CAUTION
Iftheenginehasbeenrunning,the
pressurized,hotcoolantcanescapeand
causeburns.
•Donotopentheradiatorcapwhenthe
engineisrunning.
•Usearagwhenopeningtheradiator
cap,andopenthecapslowlytoallow
steamtoescape.
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Figure71
1.Expansiontank
2.Checkthecoolantlevelintheradiator.The
radiatorshouldbelledtothetopoftheller
neckandtheexpansiontanklledtotheFULL
mark(Figure71).
3.Ifthecoolantislow,adda50/50mixtureofwater
andethyleneglycolantifreeze.Donotuse
wateronlyoralcohol/methanolbasecoolants.
4.Installtheradiatorcapandexpansion-tankcap.
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