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Filling the Engine with Oil
No Parts Required
Procedure
Important: Your mower does not come with oil
in the engine.
1. Remove the dipstick (Figure 5).
2. Slowly pour oil into the oil fill tube until the oil
level reaches the Full line on the dipstick (Figure 5).
Do not overfill. (Max. fill: 20 oz., type: SAE 30
detergent oil with an API service classification of SF,
SG, SH, SJ, SL, or higher.)
Note: If you overfill the engine, pour some oil out
of it as directed in Changing the Engine Oil.
3. 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.
Figure 5
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Install the Mulch Plug or Grass
Bag
No Parts Required
Procedure
You must correctly install the mulch plug (for mulching
or side-discharging) or grass bag (for bagging) or the
engine will not start.
The mower has a safety switch, located at the bottom
of a channel on the top, right rear of the mower, that
prevents the mower from operating without a mulch
plug or grass bag. This prevents the mower from
throwing debris at the operator through the rear chute.
For the switch to detect the presence of the mulch plug,
the top of the mulch plug lever must lie fully in the
bottom of the channel (Figure 6).
1. Top of mulch plug lever in switch channel
1. Insert the mulch plug into the mower, if it isn't
already installed (Figure 7).
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Figure 6
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