Toro Groundsmaster 360 31223 - Cooling System Maintenance; Cooling System Safety; Checking the Cooling System; Cleaning the Radiator

CoolingSystem
Maintenance
CoolingSystemSafety
•Swallowingenginecoolantcancausepoisoning;
keepoutofreachfromchildrenandpets.
•Dischargeofhot,pressurizedcoolantortouching
ahotradiatorandsurroundingpartscancause
severeburns.
–Alwaysallowtheenginetocoolatleast15
minutesbeforeremovingtheradiatorcap.
–Usearagwhenopeningtheradiatorcap,and
openthecapslowlytoallowsteamtoescape.
•Donotoperatethemachinewithoutthecovers
inplace.
•Keepyourngers,handsandclothingclearof
rotatingfananddrivebelt.
•Shutofftheengineandremovethekeybefore
performingmaintenance.
CheckingtheCooling
System
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Thecoolingsystemislledwitha50/50solution
ofwaterandpermanentethyleneglycolantifreeze.
Checkthelevelofthecoolantintheexpansiontankat
thebeginningofeachdaybeforestartingtheengine.
Thecapacityofthecoolingsystemis7.5L(6USqt).
1.Checkthelevelofthecoolantintheexpansion
tank(Figure43).Thecoolantlevelshouldbe
betweenthemarksonthesideofthetank.
2.Ifcoolantlevelislow,removetheexpansiontank
capandreplenishthesystem.Donotoverll.
3.Installtheexpansion-tankcap.
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Figure43
1.Expansiontank
CleaningtheRadiator
ServiceInterval:BeforeeachuseordailyCleanthe
radiatormorefrequentlyinextremely
dustyanddirtyconditions.
Keeptheradiatorcleantopreventtheenginefrom
overheating.
Note:Iftheattachmentorengineshutsoffdueto
overheating,rstchecktheradiatorforanexcessive
buildupofdebris.
1.Openthehoodandsecuretheproprod.
2.Loosentheangenutsecuringtheclean-out
covertotheundersideoftherearframe(Figure
44).Rotatethecovertothesidetoexposethe
clean-outholeintheframe.
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Figure44
1.Clean-outcover
3.Workingfromthefansideoftheradiator,
blowoutdebriswithlow-pressure(50psi)
compressedair(donotusewater).Repeatthis
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