HydraulicSystem
Maintenance
OilType:20w-50engineoil.
SystemCapacity:approximately4.495liter(152oz)witha
lterchange.
Important:Useoilspeciedorequivalent.Otheruids
couldcausesystemdamage.
CheckingtheHydraulicOil
Level
ServiceInterval:Every25hours
Checkexpansionreservoirandifnecessaryadd20W-50
engineoiltotheFULLCOLDline
Figure49
1.Expansionreservoir3.Engine
2.FullColdline
ChangingtheHydraulic
SystemFilterandOil
Thelterandoilarechangedatthesametime.Donotreuse
oil.Oncethenewlterisinstalledandoilisaddedanyairin
thesystemmustbepurged.
Thebleedingprocessisrepeateduntiltheoilremainsat
theFullColdlineinthereservoirafterpurging.Failureto
properlyperformthisprocedurecanresultinirreparable
damagetothetransaxledrivesystem.
RemovingtheHydraulicSystemFilters
1.Stopengine,waitforallmovingpartstostop,and
allowenginetocool.
2.Removethekeyandengagetheparkingbrake.
3.Locatethelterandguardsoneachtransaxledrive
system(Figure50).
Figure50
Rightsideshown
1.Transaxledrive
4.Screws
2.Oillter
5.Ventplug
3.Filterguard
4.Removethreescrewssecuringthelterguardand
removetheguard(Figure50).
Note:Itisimportantthatnodirtorcontamination
enterhydraulicsystem.
5.Carefullycleanareaaroundlters.
6.Placeacontainerbelowtheltertocatchtheoilthat
drainswhenthelterandventplugsareremoved
(Figure51).
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