Installing The Recoil-Starter Rope In The Rope Guide; Filling The Engine With Oil - Toro 20372 Operator's Manual

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Installing the Recoil-Starter
Rope in the Rope Guide
No Parts Required
Procedure
Important: To start the engine safely and easily
whenever you use the machine, install the recoil-starter
rope in the rope guide.
Hold the blade-control bar to the upper handle and pull the
recoil-starter rope through the rope guide on the handle
(Figure 4).
1. Recoil-starter rope
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Filling the Engine with Oil

No Parts Required
Procedure
Important: Your machine does not come with oil in
the engine. Before starting the engine, fill the engine
with oil.
1. Move the machine to a level surface.
2. Remove the dipstick
the crankcase capacity of oil into the oil-fill tube.
Note: Max. fill: 0.59 L (20 oz), type: SAE 30 or SAE
10W-30 detergent oil with an API service classification
of SF, SG, SH, SJ, SL, or higher.
Figure 4
2. Rope guide
(Figure 5) and pour about 3/4 of
1. The oil level is at its
maximum.
2. The oil level is too
high—remove oil from
the crankcase.
3. Wipe off the dipstick end with a clean cloth.
4. Insert the dipstick into the oil-fill tube, but do not
screw it in.
5. Remove the dipstick and read the oil level on the
dipstick (Figure 5).
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If the oil level is too low, add a small amount of
oil slowly to the oil-fill tube, and then repeat steps
3 through 5
correct.
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If the oil level is too high, drain the excess oil until
the oil level on the dipstick is correct. To drain the
excess oil, refer to
16).
Important: If the oil level in the crankcase is
too low or too high and you run the engine,
you may damage the engine.
6. Install the dipstick securely.
Important: Change the engine oil after the first 5
operating hours ; change it yearly thereafter. Refer
to Changing the Engine Oil (page
6
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Figure 5
3. The oil level is too
low—add oil to the
crankcase.
until the oil level on the dipstick is
Changing the Engine Oil (page
16).