Toro 38518 - Starting and Fueling Procedures; Fueling the Snowthrower Safely; Starting the Engine Procedure

4. Shak e the container to mix the g asoline and oil
thoroughly .
5. Slo wly remo v e the cap and add the remaining amount
of g asoline .
Note: Do not mix g asoline and oil in the fuel tank. Oil
at room temperature mix es easier and more thoroughly
than cold oil. Oil belo w 32°F (0°C) requires additional
mixing
Filling the Fuel Tank
Fill the fuel tank with a fresh mixture of g asoline and oil
mix ed at the proper ratio ( Figure 12 ).
Figure 12
Starting the Engine
1. T ur n the ignition k ey cloc kwise to the On position
( Figure 13 ).
Figure 13
2. Mo v e the c hok e lev er to the right ( Figure 14 ).
Figure 14
3. Fir mly push in the primer 2 times with y our thumb ,
holding the primer in for a second before releasing it
eac h time ( Figure 15 ).
Figure 15
4. Star t the engine using either the electric-star t button
( Figure 16 ) or the recoil star ter ( Figure 17 ).
Figure 16
Figure 17
Important: R un the electric star ter no mor e than
10 times at inter v als of 5 seconds on, then 5 seconds
of f. R unning the electric star ter extensi v el y can
o v erheat and dama ge it. If the engine does not star t
after this series of attempts, w ait at least 40 min utes
to allo w the star ter to cool bef or e attempting to
star t it a gain. If the engine does not star t after the
second series of attempts, tak e the sno wthr o w er to
an Authoriz ed Ser vice Dealer f or ser vice.
5. With the engine r unning, mo v e the c hok e lev er to the
left slo wly .
If y ou lea v e the sno wthr o w er plug ged into a
po w er outlet, someone can inadv er tentl y star t
the sno wthr o w er and injur e people or dama ge
pr oper ty .
Unplug the po w er cord whenev er y ou ar e not
star ting the sno wthr o w er .
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