FPT F Series - For Proper Use of the Engine

Iftheair󰘰lterisclogged,ensureitiscleaned:
•
Removetheair󰘰ltercover(4) (4)
(4)
afterhavingreleasedthetwoquick-clos-
inghooks(3) (3)
(3)
.
•
Removethe󰘰lter(5) (5)
(5)
.Duringthisoperation,takecaretoensurethatno
dustentersthesleeve.
•
Checktherearenoimpuritiespresent.Ifthereare,cleanthe󰘰lterele-
mentasindicatedbelow.
•
Blowdehumidi󰘰edcompressedaironthe󰘰lteringelement,working
fromtheinsideout(maximumpressure200 200
200
kPa kPa
kPa
).
•
Checktheconditionoftheair󰘰lterbeforere󰘰ttingit.Replaceifthereis
anysignthatitisbrokenorthereareanytears.
•
Checktheconditionofthegasketatitsbase.
•
Some󰘰ltersystemsare󰘰ttedwithasecond󰘰lterelement(1) (1)
(1)
which
doesnotrequirecleaning.
•
Positionthe󰘰lter(5) (5)
(5)
initsseat.
•
Replacethecover(4) (4)
(4)
oftheair󰘰lterandlockitinplaceusingthetwo
quickreleasehooks(3) (3)
(3)
.
Riskofdamage
Donotusedetergentsordieseltocleantheair󰘰lter.Never
strikethe󰘰lterelement
withtools.
Makesurethatthepartsare󰘰ttedcorrectly.Incorrectas-
semblycouldcausetheenginetotakein
un󰘰lteredair,causingseriousdamagetotheengine.
Failuretocomplycompletelyorpartiallywiththeserequire-
mentsmayresultintheriskofseriousdamagetotheengine
andmayeven,onoccasion,invalidatethewarranty
For For
For
proper proper
proper
use use
use
of of
of
the the
the
engine engine
engine
•
Beforestartingtheengineeachtime,checkthatthetankcontainsa
suf󰘰cientamountoffuel.
•
Avoidprolongingthedurationofthestartcontrol.
•
Followtheindicationsprovidedinthemaintenanceplan.
•
Duringuse,checkperiodicallythat:
○
thetemperatureoftheenginecoolantdoesnotreachthealarm
thresholds;
○
theoilpressureremainswithintheexpectednormalvalues;
•
Thespeedandpowervaluesmustcomplywithindicationsspeci󰘰edin
thetechnical-commercialdocumentation.
•
Particularattentionmustbepaidtoenginesthatequiptheemergency
generatorsetsforwhichfrequentef󰘰ciencychecksarerequiredinorder
toensuretheystartpromptlywheneverrequired.
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