Checking The Engine-Oil Level - Toro 23511 Operator's Manual

Checking the Engine-Oil
Level
Service Interval: Before each use or daily
1. Park the machine on a level surface, disengage
the cutting blades, shut off the engine, and wait
for all moving parts to stop, and turn the engine
switch to the O
FF
Note:
To ensure a more accurate measurement,
adjust the depth control lever until the engine
is also level.
2. Clean around the dipstick
cannot fall into the filler hole and damage the
engine.
Figure 14
1. Dipstick
3. Unscrew the dipstick and wipe the end clean
(Figure 14).
4. Insert the dipstick fully onto the filler tube. Do
not screw in. (Figure
5. Remove the dipstick again and look at the end.
If the engine oil level is low, slowly pour only
enough oil into the filler tube to raise the level to
the upper limit of the dipstick or the bottom edge
of the filler tube (Figure
position.
(Figure 14) so that dirt
14).
15).
1. Filler tube
2. Dipstick
3. Upper limit
Important:
with engine oil and run the engine; engine
damage may result.
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Figure 15
4. Lower limit
5. Oil-drain bolt
Do not overfill the crankcase
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