Toro 74833 - Servicing the Engine Oil

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Figure34
1.Aircleanercover4.Aircleanerbase
2.Aircleanerlatch5.Foamelement
3.Aircleaner6.Paperelement
ServicingFoamElement
Checkthefoamelementevery25hoursofoperation
(moreoftenunderextremelydustyordirtyconditions).
Cleanorreplacetheelementasnecessary.
Replacetheaircleanerelementyearly,orevery100
hours.
1.Opentheaircleanercoverdoorontheblower
housingtoaccesstheaircleanerelement(
Figure34).
2.Unhookthelatchandremovetheaircleaner
(Figure34).
3.Washthefoamelementinwarmwaterwith
detergent.Rinsetheelementthoroughlyuntilall
tracesofdetergentareeliminated.Squeezeout
excesswater(donotwring)andallowthefoam
elementtoairdry.
4.Saturatethefoamelementwithnewengineoil.
Squeezeoutallexcessoil.
5.Reinstallthefoamelementoverthepaperaircleaner
element.
6.Cleantheaircleanerbaseasrequiredandcheck
condition.
7.Installtheaircleanerontotheaircleanerbase.
Securewiththelatch.
8.Closetheaircleanercoverdoor.
ServicingPaperElement
Checkthepaperelementevery50hoursofoperation
(moreoftenunderextremelydustyordirtyconditions).
Cleanorreplacetheelementasnecessary.
Replacetheaircleanerelementyearly,orevery100
hours.
1.Opentheaircleanercoverdoorontheblower
housingtoaccesstheaircleanerelement(Figure34).
2.Unhookthelatchandremovetheair
cleaner(Figure34).
3.Removethefoamelementandinspect.Cleanand
replaceasnecessary.
4.Gentlytapthepaperelementtodislodgedirt.Do
notwashthepaperelementorusepressurized
air,asthiswilldamagetheelement.Replaceadirty,
bent,ordamagedelement.Handlethenewelement
carefully;donotuseifthesealingsurfacesarebent
ordamaged.
5.Cleantheaircleanerbaseasrequiredandcheck
condition.
6.Installthepaperelementontotheaircleanerbase.
Securewiththelatch.
7.Closetheaircleanercoverdoor.
ServicingtheEngineOil
OilType:Detergentoil(APIserviceSG,SH,SJ,or
higher)
CrankcaseCapacity:1.6-1.8qt(1.7-1.9l)whenthe
lterischanged
Viscosity:Seethetablebelow.
Figure35
Important:UseotherthanserviceclassSG,SH,SJ,
orhigheroilorextendingoilchangeintervalslonger
thanrecommendedcancauseenginedamage.
Note:Syntheticoilsmeetingthelistedclassications
maybeusedwithoilchangesperformedatthe
recommendedintervals.Howevertoallowpistonrings
toproperlyseat,aneworrebuiltengineshouldbe
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