Toro 74269 - Engine Oil Servicing; Servicing the Engine Oil; Checking Engine Oil Level; Changing the Engine Oil

4.Installtheaircleanercoverwiththesideindicatedas
UPfacingupandsecurethelatches(Figure44).
5.Installthefrontenginepanel.
ServicingtheEngineOil
OilType:High-qualitydetergentoilclassied“ API
ServiceCForCF-4"orhigherfordieselengines.Do
notusespecialadditiveswithrecommendedoils.
CrankcaseCapacity:3.5quarts(3.3liters)
Viscosity:Seethetablebelow.
Figure45
CheckingtheEngineOilLevel
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Note:Checktheoilwhentheengineiscold.
1.DisengagethePTO,movethemotioncontrollevers
totheneutrallockedpositionandsettheparking
brake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
3.Cleanaroundtheoildipstick(
Figure46)sodirt
cannotfallintothellerholeanddamagetheengine.
4.Pulltheoildipstickoutandwipethemetalendclean
(Figure46).
5.Slidetheoildipstickfullyintothetube.Pullthe
dipstickoutandlookatthemetalend(Figure46).If
theoillevelislow ,slowlypouronlyenoughoilinto
thellholetoraisetheleveltothefullmark.
Important:Donotoverllthecrankcasewith
oilbecausethismaycauseenginedamage.Do
notruntheenginewithoilbelowthelowmark
becausetheenginemaybedamagedasaresult.
Figure46
1.Oildipstick3.Rightsideofmachine
2.Metalend
ChangingtheEngineOil
ServiceInterval:Aftertherst50hours
Every100hours
1.Starttheengineandletitrunforveminutes.This
warmstheoilsoitdrainsbetter.
2.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
3.DisengagethePTO,movethemotioncontrollevers
totheneutrallockedpositionandsettheparking
brake.
4.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
5.Placeapanbelowtheoildrain.Removethedrain
plugandlettheoildraincompletely(
Figure50).
6.Removetheoilllercapfromthetopoftheengine
(Figure48).Thiswillhelptheoiltodrain.
7.Installthedrainplugandtightenitto25-1/2ft-lb
(35N-m).
Note:Disposeoftheusedoilatarecyclingcenter.
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