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Safety information
General
This Operator's Manual contains safety information which is important so as
to avoid both personal injury and damage to the product/other property. See
also page 1.
The text highlighted in text boxes on the right of a number of pages is
important for engine function and in order to avoid damage to the engine. If
these instructions are not followed, the warranty may be invalidated.
See example.
Similar text may also appear in the text column, and in this instance it will be
marked
Note: or Important.
The warning text found in text boxes on the right of a number of pages which
is marked with a warning triangle and starts with WARNING is extremely
important and warns you of serious engine faults or incorrect handling which
may lead to injury.
See example
A list of the safety precautions to be followed when running and maintaining
Scania engines can be found on the next 3 pages. Similar text can often be
found at the relevant maintenance points, and here different levels of
importance are attached to such text in accordance with the above
description.
All points are marked
!, so as to indicate how important it is to read through
each point in this section.
For safety reasons, smoking is prohibited:
• In the vicinity of the engine and in the engine compartment
• When refuelling and in the vicinity of the filling station
• When working on the fuel system
• In the vicinity of flammable or explosive material (fuel, oils, batteries,
chemicals, etc.).
Block the starting device when
working on the engine.
If the engine starts
unexpectedly, there is a
SERIOUS RISK OF
INJURY.
Use only genuine Scania fuel
filters.
Important
!
WARNING
!