Important:Neverattempttocleanthesafety
lter(Figure44).Replacethesafetylter
afterevery3primarylterservices.
Note:Replacetheair-cleanersafetylterifit
dirty.
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Figure44
1.Air-cleanersafetylter
3.Resettheair-cleanerindicatorifitshowsred;
refertoCheckingtheAirCleanerIndicator(page
42).
EngineOilSpecication
•Engineoil-type:APIclassicationlevel:CH-4
orhigher.
•Engineoilviscosity:
–Preferredoil:SAE15W-40(above0°F)
–Alternateoil:SAE10W-30or5W-30(all
temperatures)
Note:T oroPremiumEngineOilisavailablefromyour
distributorineither15W-40or10W-30viscosity.See
thepartscatalogforpartnumbers.
CheckingtheEngine-Oil
Level
ServiceInterval:BeforeeachuseordailyCheckthe
engine-oillevelbeforerststarting
theengineanddailythereafter.
Theengineisshippedwithoilinthecrankcase.
Note:Thebesttimetochecktheengineoiliswhen
theengineiscoolbeforeithasbeenstartedforthe
day.Ifyouhavealreadyruntheengine,allowtheoil
todrainbackdowntothesumpforatleast10minutes
beforechecking.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,engage
theparkingbrake,lowerthecuttingdeck,shut
offtheengine,andremovethekeyfromthekey
switch.
2.Openthehood.
3.Checktheengine-oillevelasshowninFigure
45.
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Figure45
4.IftheoillevelisatorbelowtheADDmarkonthe
dipstick,removetheoil-llcap(Figure46)and
addoiltobringtheoilleveltotheFULLmarkon
thedipstick.
Donotoverlltheenginewithoil.
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