Safety instructions
A3.03
M20-M601C
en / 15.01.1998 AA000338 2/2
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Remote control
The engine remote control of seegoing ships and inland ships will be constructed according to the
safety regulations of the classification society.
Inland ships must also observe the relevant customary safety recommendations!
Safety measures for local control of the engine
Before the start:
• Check the system for defects, check lamps!
- defective instruments, operating controls, control lights
• Clean up spillages of fuel and oil!
• Protection guards must be in operation position and operative!
• Hearing protection must be worn!
• Before putting the engine into operation, ensure that there is no danger to persons by the
starting engine/plant!
• Move operational controls to neutral position and/or minimum position (r.p.m. potentiome-
ter with locking facility)!
Starting:
• Check the instrument readings!
• Do not switch off extractors and ventilators while the engine is running!
Attention:
In no case the starting air shut-off valve must be closed during engine
operation.
California / USA
Proposition 65 Warning
• Diesel engine exhaust and some of its constituents are known to the state of California to
cause cancer, birth defects, and other reproductive harm.