Toro 34230 - Engine Maintenance; Servicing the Air Cleaner

EngineMaintenance
ServicingtheAirCleaner
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Every100hours
Important:Donotoperatetheenginewithoutthe
airlterassembly;extremeenginedamagemay
occur.
RemovingtheFoamandPaper
Elements
1.Movemotion-controllevertotheNEUTRAL
position,shutofftheengine,waitforallmoving
partstostop,removekey,andengageparking
brake.
2.Releasethelatchesonthecoverfortheair
cleaner.
3.Removethecoverandthoroughlycleanit
(Figure71).
Note:Becarefultopreventdirtanddebrisfrom
fallingintothebase.
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Figure71
1.Air-cleanercover
3.Air-lterelement
2.Foampre-cleaner
4.Air-lterbase
CleaningtheFoamFilterElement
1.Removethefoampre-cleanerfromthepaper
element.(Figure71).
2.Washthepre-cleanerwithwarmwateranda
milddetergent.
3.Rinsethepre-cleanerandallowittoairdry.
4.Lightlyoilpre-cleanerwithnewengineoil;
squeezeoutexcessoil.
InstallingtheFoamand
Paper-FilterElements
1.Removeandinspectthepaperair-lterelement
(Figure71);iftheair-lterelementisexcessively
dirty,replaceit.
Important:Donottocleantheair-lter
element.
2.Wipecleantheair-lterbasewithamoistrag.
Note:Becarefultopreventdirtanddebrisfrom
enteringtheairductleadingtothecarburetor.
3.Installthefoampre-cleanerontotheair-lter
element(Figure71).
4.Installtheairlterassemblytotheair-lterbase
(Figure71).
5.Alignthearrowdecalontheair-cleanercover
andthearrowdecalonthebase(Figure72).
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Figure72
1.Alignment-arrowdecal(normalambientairpositionshown)
6.Securetheair-ltercovertothebasewiththe
latches.
EngineOilSpecication
OilType:Toro4-CyclePremiumEngineOilora
high-qualitydetergentoil(includingsynthetic)API
serviceSJorhigher
Oilviscosity:Refertothetablebelow.
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