Changing The Oil Filter; Servicing The Spark Plug - Toro TurfMaster 22205TE Operator's Manual

Changing the Oil Filter

Service Interval: Every 100 hours
1. Run the engine to warm the oil.
WARNING
Oil may be hot after the engine has been run,
and contact with hot oil can cause severe
personal injury.
Avoid contacting the hot engine oil when you
drain it.
2. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
3. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.
4. Drain the engine oil; refer to
(page 19).
5. Place a rag under the oil filter to catch any oil that may
leak out as you remove the filter.
6. Remove the oil filter
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1. Oil filter
7. Use your finger to coat the gasket on the new filter
with oil (Figure 31).
1. Gasket
Changing the Engine Oil
(Figure 30).
Figure 30
Figure 31
8. Install the new filter until the gasket contacts the filter
base, then hand tighten the filter an additional 2/3 turn.
9. Fill the crankcase to the Full line on the dipstick with
fresh oil; refer to
7).
10. Connect the wire to the spark plug.
11. Run the engine for about 3 minutes.
12. Stop the engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and
check for oil leakage around the filter.
13. Add oil to compensate for the oil in the oil filter; refer
to Checking the Engine-Oil Level (page 10)
14. Recycle the used oil filter according to local codes.

Servicing the Spark Plug

Service Interval: Every 100 hours
Use an NGK BPR5ES spark plug or equivalent.
1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
2. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.
3. Clean around the spark plug.
4. Remove the spark plug from the cylinder head.
Important: Replace a cracked, fouled, or dirty
spark plug. Do not clean the electrodes because
grit entering the cylinder can damage the engine.
5. Set the gap on the plug to 0.76 mm (0.030 inch); refer
to Figure 32.
1. Center-electrode insulator
2. Side electrode
6. Install the spark plug and the gasket seal.
7. Torque the plug to 23 N-m (17 ft-lb).
8. Connect the wire to the spark plug.
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3 Filling the Crankcase with Oil (page
Figure 32
3. Air gap (not to scale)