Toro 31598 - Servicing the Engine Oil

Figure57
1.Aircleanerindicator
4.Aircleanerprimarylter
2.Aircleanerlatch5.Rubberoutletvalve
3.Aircleanerbody
Important:Neverattempttocleanthesafety
lter(Figure58).Replacethesafetylterwitha
newoneaftereverythreeprimarylterservices.
Figure58
1.Safetylter
3.Replacetheprimarylter(Figure57).
4.Insertthenewlterbyapplyingpressuretotheouter
rimoftheelementtoseatitinthecanister.Donot
applypressuretotheexiblecenterofthelter.
5.Cleanthedirtejectionportlocatedintheremovable
cover.Removetherubberoutletvalvefromthe
cover,cleanthecavityandreplacetheoutletvalve.
6.Installthecoverorientingtherubberoutletvalve
(
Figure57)inadownwardposition-between
approximately5:00to7:00whenviewedfromthe
end.Securethelatch.
ServicingtheEngineOil
CheckingtheEngineOilLevel
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily—Checkthe
engineoillevel.
Theengineisshippedwithoilinthecrankcase;however,
theoillevelmustbecheckedbeforeandaftertheengine
isrststarted.
Thecrankcasecapacityis8.5qt(8.04l)withthelter.
Usehigh-qualityengineoilthatmeetsthefollowing
specications:
•APIClassicationLevelRequired:CH-4,CI-4or
higher.
•Preferredoil:SAE15W-40(above0°F)
•Alternateoil:SAE10W-30(below23°F)
ToroPremiumEngineOilisavailablefromyour
distributorineither15W-40or10W-30viscosity.See
thepartscatalogforpartnumbers.Also,refertothe
EngineOperator’sManual,includedwiththemachine,for
furtherrecommendations.
Note:Thebesttimetochecktheengineoiliswhenthe
engineiscoolbeforeithasbeenstartedfortheday.Ifit
hasalreadybeenrun,allowtheoiltodrainbackdown
tothesumpforatleast10minutesbeforechecking.If
theoillevelisatorbelowthe‘add’markonthedipstick,
addoiltobringtheoilleveltothe‘full’mark.Donot
overll.Iftheoillevelisbetweenthe‘full’and‘add’
marks,nooiladditionisrequired.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
2.Removethedipstick(
Figure59).,wipeitclean,install
thedipstickintothetube,andpullitoutagain.The
oillevelshouldbeuptotheFullmark.
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