Cleaning The Blower Housing; Fuel System Maintenance; Replacing The In-Line Fuel Filter - Toro TimeCutter SS 4235 Operator's Manual

Cleaning the Blower Housing

Service Interval: Before each use or daily—Check air intake
and cooling areas, clean as necessary.
Every 100 hours—Clean the blower housing (more
often under extremely dusty, dirty conditions).
To ensure proper cooling, make sure the grass screen, cooling
fins, and other external surfaces of the engine are kept clean
at all times.
Clean the cooling fins and external surfaces as necessary.
Make sure the cooling shrouds are reinstalled.
Important: Operating the engine with a blocked grass
screen, dirty or plugged cooling fins, and/or cooling
shrouds removed, will cause engine damage due to
overheating.
Fuel System
Maintenance
DANGER
In certain conditions, gasoline is extremely
flammable and highly explosive. A fire or explosion
from gasoline can burn you and others and can
damage property.
• Perform any fuel related maintenance when the
engine is cold. Do this outdoors in an open area.
Wipe up any gasoline that spills.
• Never smoke when draining gasoline, and stay
away from an open flame or where a spark may
ignite the gasoline fumes.
Replacing the In-line Fuel
Filter
Service Interval: Every 100 hours—Replace the in-line fuel
filter.
Never install a dirty filter if it is removed from the fuel line.
1. Park the machine on a level surface and disengage the
blade control switch.
2. Move the motion control levers outward to the park
position, stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for
all moving parts to stop before leaving the operating
position.
3. Locate the fuel filter on the side of the engine as shown
in Figure 34.
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1. Fuel line from tank
2. In-line fuel filter
3. Flow direction arrow
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Figure 34
4. Fuel line to engine
5. Hose clamp