Toro RT1200 - Fueling and Fuel System Safety; Fuel Handling and Safety Warnings; Filling the Fuel Tank Procedure

fuelatlowertemperaturesprovidesalowerashpointand
coldowcharacteristics,whichaidinstartingtheengineand
helppreventcloggingthefuellter.
Usingsummer-gradefuelabove20°F(-7°C)contributes
towardalongerfuelpumplifeandincreasedpowercompared
tousingwinter-gradefuel.
WARNING
Fuelisharmfulorfatalifswallowed.Long-term
exposuretofuelvaporscancauseseriousinjury
andillness.
•Avoidprolongedbreathingofvapors.
•Keepyourfaceawayfromthenozzleandthe
fueltankopening.
•Keepfuelawayfromyoureyesandskin.
DANGER
Incertainconditions,fuelisextremelyammable
andhighlyexplosive.Areorexplosionfromfuel
canburnyouandothersandcandamageproperty.
•Fillthefueltankoutdoorsinanopenareawhen
theengineiscold.Wipeupanyfuelthatspills.
•Neverllthefueltankinsideanenclosedarea.
•Neversmokewhenhandlingfuel,andstayaway
fromanopenameorwherefuelfumesmaybe
ignitedbyaspark.
•Storefuelinanapprovedcontainer,andkeep
itoutofthereachofchildren.Neverbuymore
thana30-daysupplyoffuel.
•Donotoperatethemachinewithouttheentire
exhaustsysteminplaceandinproperworking
condition.
Incertainconditions,fuelingcanreleasestaticelectricityand
causeaspark,whichcanignitethefuelvapors.Areor
explosionfromfuelcanburnyouandothersandcandamage
property.
•Alwaysplacefuelcontainersontheground,awayfrom
yourvehiclebeforelling.
•Donotllfuelcontainersinsideavehicleoronatruck
ortrailerbed,becauseinteriorcarpetsorplastictruck
bedlinersmayinsulatethecontainerandslowtheloss
ofanystaticcharge.
•Whenpractical,removetheequipmentfromthetruck
ortrailer,andrefueltheequipmentwithitswheelson
theground.
•Ifrefuellingtheequipmentwithitswheelsontheground
isnotpossible,thenrefuelsuchequipmentonatruckor
trailerfromaportablecontainerratherthanfromafuel
dispensernozzle.
•Ifyoumustuseafueldispensernozzle,keepthenozzlein
contactwiththerimofthefueltankorcontaineropening
atalltimesuntilfuelingiscomplete.
UsingBiodieselFuel
Thismachinecanalsouseabiodieselblendedfuelofup
toB20(20%biodiesel,80%petrodiesel).Thepetrodiesel
portionshouldbeloworultra-lowsulfur.Observethe
followingprecautions:
•Thebiodieselportionofthefuelmustmeetspecication
ASTMD6751orEN14214.
•TheblendedfuelcompositionshouldmeetASTMD975
orEN590.
•Biodieselblendsmaydamagepaintedsurfaces.
•UseB5withabiodieselcontentof5%orlessincold
weather.
•Checkseals,hoses,andgasketsthatcomeincontactwith
thefuel,astheymaydegradeovertime.
•Thefuelltermaybecomepluggedforatimeafter
convertingtoabiodieselfuelblend.
•Contactyourdistributorformoreinformationabout
biodieselfuel.
StoringFuel
Ifyoustorefuelinastoragetank,itcanaccumulateforeign
materialorwater.Keepthefuelstoragetankoutside,and
keepthefuelascoolaspossible.Removewaterfromthefuel
inthestoragecontaineratregularintervals.
FillingtheFuelTank
Note:Fillthefueltankofthemachineattheendofeachday
topreventcondensationinthefueltank.
1.Cleanaroundthefuel-tankcap(Figure19),andremove
thecapfromthetank.
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