Toro 34215 - Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting
Important:Itisessentialthattheoperatorsafetymechanismsforthemachineareconnectedandinproper
operatingconditionbeforeyouusethemachine.
Whenaproblemoccurs,donotoverlookthesimplecauses.Forexample:startingproblemscouldbecaused
byanemptyfueltank.
Thefollowingtablelistssomeofthecommoncausesoftrouble.Donotattempttoserviceorreplacemajor
engineitemsoranyitemsthatcallforspecialtimingofadjustmentsprocedures(suchasvalves,governor,etc.).
HavethisworkdonebyyourEngineServiceDealer.
Note:Whendisconnectingelectricalconnectors,donotpullonthewirestoseparatetheconnectors.
Problem
PossibleCauseCorrectiveAction
1.Theparkbrakeisnotset.
1.Settheparkbrake.
2.Thebatterydoesnothaveafull
charge.
2.Chargethebattery;refertothe
ChargingtheBattery,andJump
StartingtheMachineproceduresinthe
Maintenancesection.
3.Anelectricalconnection(s)iscorroded,
looseorfaulty.
3.Checktheelectricalconnection(s)
forgoodcontact.Cleanthe
connectorterminalsthoroughlywith
electrical-contactcleaner,apply
dielectricgreasetotheterminals,and
connecttheconnectors.
4.Afuseisblown.4.Replacetheblownfuse.
Thestarterdoesnotrotatetheengine.
5.Arelayorswitchisdefective.5.ContactanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
1.Thefueltankisempty.1.Fillthefueltankwithfuel.
2.Thefuel-shutoffvalveisclosed.2.Openthefuel-shutoffvalve.
3.Thethrottleleverorchokeleveror
botharenotinthecorrectposition.
3.Movethethrottlecontrolismidway
betweentheSLOWandFASTpositions.
SetthechoketotheONpositionwhen
startingacoldengineorsetthechoke
totheOFFpositionwhenstartinga
warmengine.
4.Thereisdirtinfuelstrainer.4.Cleanorreplacethefuelstrainer
(bottomoffueltank).
5.Thereisdirt,water,orstalefuelisin
thefuelsystem.
5.ContactanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
6.Theair-lterelementsaredirty.6.Cleanthefoam-lterelementor
replacethepaper-lterelement.
7.Anelectricalconnection(s)iscorroded,
looseorfaulty.
7.Checktheelectricalconnection(s)
forgoodcontact.Cleanthe
connectorterminalsthoroughlywith
electrical-contactcleaner,apply
dielectricgreasetotheterminals,and
connecttheconnectors.
8.Arelayorswitchisdefective.8.ContactanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
9.Thesparkplugisfaulty.9.Clean,adjustorreplacesparkplug.
Theenginedoesnotstart,itstartshard,or
itfailstokeeprunning.
10.Thespark-plugwireisnotconnected
tothesparkplug.
10.Checkthespark-plugwireconnection
atthesparkplug.
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