Toro DH 140 - Fuel System Maintenance; Draining the Fuel Tank; Replacing the Fuel Filter

FuelSystem
Maintenance
DrainingtheFuelTank
Drainthefueltankwhenyouwillnotbeusingthemachine
formorethan30days.
DANGER
Incertainconditions,gasolineisextremely
ammableandhighlyexplosive.Areorexplosion
fromgasolinecanburnyouandothersandcan
damageproperty.
•Draingasolinefromthefueltankwhenthe
engineiscold.Dothisoutdoorsinanopenarea.
Wipeupanygasolinethatspills.
•Neversmokewhendraininggasoline,andstay
awayfromanopenameorwhereasparkmay
ignitethegasolinefumes.
1.Parkthemachinesothattheleftfrontsideisslightly
lowerthantherightsidetoensurethatthefueltank
drainscompletely.
2.Disengagetheblades(PTO).
3.Settheparkingbrake.
4.Stoptheengineandwaitforallmovingpartstostop.
5.Removetheignitionkey.
6.Closethefuelshut-offvalvelocatedunderthefront
ofthefueltank.
7.Loosenthehoseclampatthefuellterandslideitup
thefuellineawayfromthefuellter(
Figure30).
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Figure30
1.Fuellter
3.Fuelline
2.Hoseclamp
8.Pullthefuellineoffthefuellter(Figure30).
9.Openthefuelshut-offvalveandallowthegasolineto
drainintoanapprovedfuelcontaineroradrainpan.
Note:Nowisthebesttimetoinstallanewfuellter
becausethefueltankisempty.
10.Installthefuellineontothefuellter.
11.Slidethehoseclampclosetothefuelltertosecure
thefuelline(
Figure30).
ReplacingtheFuelFilter
ServiceInterval:Every100hours/Yearly(whichevercomes
rst)
Thebesttimetoreplacethefuellter(
Figure30)iswhenthe
fueltankisempty.Neverinstalladirtyfuellterafterithas
beenremovedfromthefuelline.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
2.Disengagetheblades(PTO).
3.Settheparkingbrake.
4.Stoptheengineandwaitforallmovingpartstostop.
5.Removetheignitionkey.
6.Closethefuelshut-offvalve(
Figure31).
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Figure31
1.Fuelshut-offvalve
7.Squeezetheendsofthehoseclampstogetherandslide
themawayfromtheoldfuellter(Figure31).
8.Removetheoldfuellterfromthefuelline.
9.Installanewfuellterandmovethehoseclampsclose
toit.
10.Openthefuelshut-offvalve.
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