Toro 72211 - Check Engine Oil Level; Think Safety First; Operating the Parking Brake; Starting and Stopping the Engine

• Cleans the engine while it r uns
• Eliminates gum-lik e v ar nish buildup in the fuel
system, whic h causes hard star ting
Important: Do not use fuel additi v es
containing methanol or ethanol.
Add the cor rect amount of g as
stabilizer/conditioner to the g as .
Note: A fuel stabilizer/conditioner is most
effecti v e when mix ed with fresh g asoline . T o
minimize the c hance of v ar nish de posits in the fuel
system, use fuel stabilizer at all times .
Filling the Fuel Tank
1. Shut the engine off and set the parking brak e .
2. Clean around fuel tank cap and remo v e the cap .
Add unleaded regular g asoline to fuel tank, until
the lev el is 1/4 to 1/2 inc h (6 to 13 mm) belo w the
bottom of the filler nec k. T his space in the tank
allo ws g asoline to expand. Do not fill the fuel tank
completely full.
3. Install fuel tank cap securely . Wipe up any g asoline
that ma y ha v e spilled.
Check Engine Oil Level
Before y ou star t the engine and use the mac hine , c hec k
the oil lev el in the engine crankcase; refer to Chec king
the Engine Oil Lev el in Engine Maintenance , pag e 28 .
Think Safety First
Please carefully read all the safety instr uctions .
Kno wing this infor mation could help y ou, y our family ,
pets or b ystanders a v oid injur y .
Operating the Parking
Brake
Alw a ys set the parking brak e when y ou stop the
mac hine or lea v e it unattended.
Setting the Parking Brake
1. Push the brak e pedal ( Figure 14 ) do wn and hold it
in the de pressed position.
Figure 14
1. Brake pedal 2. Parking brake lever
2. Lift the parking brak e lev er ( Figure 14 ) forw ard
and g radually tak e y our foot off the brak e pedal.
T he brak e pedal should sta y in the de pressed
(loc k ed) position.
Releasing the Parking Brake
1. Push do wn on the brak e pedal ( Figure 14 ). T he
parking brak e lev er should release .
2. Gradually release the brak e pedal.
Starting and Stopping the
Engine
Starting the Engine
1. Sit do wn on the seat.
2. Set the parking brak e; refer to Setting the P arking
Brak e in Brak e Maintenance , pag e 37 .
Note: T he engine will not star t unless y ou set the
parking brak e or fully de press the brak e pedal.
3. Push the PTO (po w er tak e off) to the off position
( Figure 15 ).
4. Mo v e the c hok e lev er to the on position
( Figure 15 ).
Note: An engine that has been r unning and is
w ar m ma y not require ste p 4 .
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