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Toro Customer Bulletin GEN #03-07 Page 1 of 4
Proof of Non-compliant Engine Destruction Updated April 10, 2015
Customer Bulletin
Commercial Products
General
#03-07
Proof of Non-Compliant Engine Destruction
Product: US based Toro units being fitted with new Kubota
replacement (service only) engines
November 12, 2013
Updated April 9, 2015
Updated with New Engine
Reporting Instructions
Affected Units:
All US Kubota Powered Products over
25 hp having diesel engines replaced by
new replacement engines.
GM3500G and HDX Electronic Fuel
Injected Kubota Gas Powered Products
in CA having engines replaced by new
replacement engines.
Subject:
Disposition of Non-Compliant Kubota Engines Upon Removal from US
Based Toro Products
Bulletin Type &
Status
Information Only: Final Release
Situation:
Important Information
When replacing engines in US based equipment that no longer comply to
current US EPA exhaust emission regulations with a new replacement
engine of the same configuration, the EPA requires the old engine to be
destroyed so that it does not continue to generate high levels of emissions.
Toro and the engine manufacturer are required to track and verify the
disposition of ALL such engines being replaced by new, non-compliant
service engines. They must also maintain these records for five years.
NOTE: This disposition requirement does not apply to repairs of an engine
or replacement with a used or remanufactured engine nor to service
engines sold outside of the US.
Correction:
Kubota engines that are replaced by new non-compliant service engines in
Toro Commercial products cannot be rebuilt, sold, or re-used in any way.
Parts from the engine can be removed, but the engine cylinder block must be
destroyed.