Dnepr MT10-36 - Fuel and Air Systems

cause dirt particles to separate from the oil and set1le on the walls
of the centrifuge body and cover. F or this reason, . the centri'fuge
must be cleaned after every 10 000 km run .
Fuel System
The fuel system include s the following: petrol tank, th ree - way
cock with filt er a nd settler, two carb ur ettor ,s, air cleane r, air duct
and petw l pipelines.
Petrol Cock with Settler
The petrol cock is sc rewed into the threaded bushing of the pet -
rol ta nk. Provided in the lo wer part of the cock is settler 5- (Fig. 12)
with filt er gauze 8. P etro l is fed thro u gh one of two petrol pipes
12 and 13 of different height.
Fig. 12. Petrol cock:
1 - body; 2 - knob ; 3 - slide valv e; 4 - slide va lve scaling gasket; 5 - settler;
6 - filter bowl; 7 -filt er spr in g; 8- filter ga uze; 9 - sett ler sealing gasket; 10 -
sea ling gasket of petrol cock body; 1I- threaded b ushing; 12 - petrol pipe for
rese
rve fuel; 13 - petrol pipe for main fuel
Inside the cock bod y is slide valve 3 h aving one axial and two
radial holes. One of them, a through one, is matched with the hole
of a higher petrol pipe (main fuel), an d the other coincides with the
c hannel of a lower petrol pipe (reserve fuel).
At the other side of the body are fitted tw o unions f or connection
of fuel supply r ubbe r hoses extending to the carburettors.
The cock knob may be set to one ·of the f ollowing p ositions
(Fig . 12):
0- cock is open; 3- cock is closed; P- cock is open for con-
sumptio n of reserve fuel.
The re se rv e fuel capacity is equal to 2 1.
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