HydraulicSystem
Maintenance
HydraulicSystemOilSpecication
OilType:20w-50engineoil.
SystemCapacity:approximately4.495liter(152oz)
withalterchange.
Important:Useoilspeciedorequivalent.Other
uidscouldcausesystemdamage.
CheckingtheHydraulicOil
Level
ServiceInterval:Every25hours
Checkexpansionreservoirandifnecessaryadd
20W-50engineoiltotheFULLCOLDline
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1.Expansionreservoir3.Engine
2.FullColdline
ChangingtheHydraulic
SystemFilterandOil
Thelterandoilarechangedatthesametime.Do
notreuseoil.Oncethenewlterisinstalledandoilis
addedanyairinthesystemmustbepurged.
Thebleedingprocessisrepeateduntiltheoilremains
attheFullColdlineinthereservoirafterpurging.
Failuretoproperlyperformthisprocedurecan
resultinirreparabledamagetothetransaxledrive
system.
RemovingtheHydraulicSystem
Filters
1.Stopengine,waitforallmovingpartstostop,
andallowenginetocool.
2.Removethekeyandengagetheparkingbrake.
3.Locatethelterandguardsoneachtransaxle
drivesystem(Figure50).
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Rightsideshown
1.Transaxledrive
4.Screws
2.Oillter
5.Ventplug
3.Filterguard
4.Removethreescrewssecuringthelterguard
andremovetheguard(Figure50).
Note:Itisimportantthatnodirtorcontamination
enterhydraulicsystem.
5.Carefullycleanareaaroundlters.
6.Placeacontainerbelowtheltertocatchthe
oilthatdrainswhenthelterandventplugsare
removed(Figure51).
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