5.8
Pinto BT-POM 1212 - Revision 5
Lubrication & Maintenance
Machine Down for Up to 30
Days
For periods of inactivity of at most 30
days, carry out the following operations:
• Slacken and remove the cap “C”
• Remove the screws “A” and take
off the tank bracket “B”.
• Remove the tank and wash with
clean water.
• Wash the bottom fi lter “D”.
• Insert the tank into the support
bracket.
• Add a few litres of water into the
tank, put the cap back on.
• Restore the electrical connections.
• Wash the hydraulic circuit,
operating alternately the lever
selector in the position
corresponding to the boom section
involved until clean water comes
out of the diffusers.
• Slacken and remove the cap,
empty the tank of the remaining
water.
• Dismantle the waterlair pipes from
the cap and join them using the
section of pipe supplied as shown
in the frame 12/A.
• Empty the hydraulic circuit by
operating the lever selector in the
position corresponding to the
boom section involved until only air
comes out of the diffusors.
• Fit all the parts back together to
restore the initial conditions.
• Carry out the operations described
in the “Machine down for up to 7
days” paragraph.
Foam Markers
Machine Down for Longer than
30 Days
For long periods of inactivity, proceed as
follows:
• Carry out the operations described
in the “Machine down for up to 30
days” paragraph.
• Clean the electric compressor unit:
• Remove the cover by taking out
the screws “A”;
• Clean the inside with compressed
air (wearing a face-mask and
safety goggles);
• Spray the self-cleaning liquid for
electrical contacts through the
slots on the electric motor;
• Fit the cover back on.
• To ensure dense and lasting
formation of foam, replace the
sponges code 520000.160 (D, Fig.
11) every year.
Pipe Repairs
If the pipes burst, do the repair using a
section of pipe diameter 6 (inside) x 8
(outside), supplied in the outfi t.
Monthly Cleaning (Figure 12). Periodical Cleaning (Figure 15).
Pipe Repairs (Figure 14).