Servicing The Engine Oil - Toro TimeCutter MX 5025 Operator's Manual

Servicing the Paper Element
Service Interval: Every 100 hours/Yearly (whichever comes
first)—Service the air-cleaner paper
element (more often in dusty, dirty
conditions).
Every 200 hours/Every 2 years (whichever comes
first)—Replace the air-cleaner paper element (more
often in dusty, dirty conditions).
1. Lightly tap the element on a flat surface to remove dust
and dirt.
2. Inspect the element for tears, an oily film, and damage
to the seal.
Important: Do not clean the paper element
with pressurized air or liquids, such as solvent,
gasoline, or kerosene. Replace the paper element
if it is damaged or cannot be cleaned thoroughly.

Servicing the Engine Oil

Oil Type: Detergent oil (API service SF, SG, SH, SJ, or SL)
Crankcase Capacity: with filter—1.8 L (1.9 US qt)
Viscosity: See the table below.
SAE V iscosity Grades
SAE 10W30/ SAE 10W40
SAE 5W 20
°F -20 0 20
°C
-30 -20 -10
STARTING TEMPERATURE RANGE ANTICIPATED BEFORE NEXT OIL CHANGE
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Checking the Engine-Oil Level
Service Interval: Before each use or daily
Note: Check the oil when the engine is cold.
WARNING
Contact with hot surfaces may cause personal
injury.
Keep your hands, feet, face, clothing, and other
body parts away the muffler and other hot surfaces.
Important: If you overfill or underfill the engine
crankcase with oil and run the engine, you may damage
the engine.
SAE 40
SAE 30
32 40 60 80 100
0 10 20 30 40
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1. Park the machine on a level surface, disengage the
blade-control switch, shut off the engine, engage
parking brake, and remove the key.
2. Make sure that the engine is shut off, level, and is cool,
so that the oil has had time to drain into the sump.
3. To keep dirt, grass clippings, etc., out of the engine,
clean the area around the oil-fill cap and dipstick before
removing it
4. Shut off the engine, remove the key, and wait for all
moving parts to stop before leaving the operating
position.
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