EngineMaintenance
AirCleanerMaintenance
•Checktheaircleanerbodyfordamagewhichcould
causeanairleak.Replaceifdamaged.Checkthe
wholeintakesystemforleaks,damageorloosehose
clamps.
•Servicetheaircleanerlteronlywhentheservice
indicatorrequiresitorevery400hours(more
frequentlyinextremelydustyordirtyconditions).
Changingtheairlterbeforeitisnecessaryonly
increasesthechanceofdirtenteringtheenginewhen
thelterisremoved.
•Besurethecoverisseatedcorrectlyandsealswith
theaircleanerbody.
ServicingtheAirCleaner
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Every400hours
Checktheaircleanerbodyfordamagewhichcould
possiblycauseanairleak.Replaceadamagedaircleaner
body.
Servicetheaircleanerlterswhentheaircleaner
indicator(
Figure50)showsredorevery400hours
(morefrequentlyinextremelydustyordirtyconditions).
Donotover-servicetheairlter.
Besurethatthecoverissealingaroundtheaircleaner
body.
1.Pullthelatchoutwardandrotatetheaircleanercover
counterclockwise.Removethecoverfromthebody
(
Figure50).Cleantheinsideoftheaircleanercover.
Figure50
1.Aircleanerindicator3.Aircleanercover
2.Aircleanerlatch
2.Beforeremovingthelter(Figure51),uselow
pressureair(40psi,cleananddry)tohelpremove
largeaccumulationsofdebrispackedbetween
outsideofprimarylterandthecanister.Avoidusing
highpressureairwhichcouldforcedirtthrough
thelterintotheintakearea.Thiscleaningprocess
preventsdebrisfrommigratingintotheintakewhen
theprimarylterisremoved.
Figure51
1.Aircleanerprimarylter
3.Removeandreplacetheprimarylter.Cleaningof
theusedelementisnotrecommendedduetothe
possibilityofdamagetotheltermedia.Inspectthe
newlterforshippingdamage,checkingthesealing
endofthelterandthebody.Donotuseadamaged
element.Insertthenewlterbyapplyingpressureto
theouterrimoftheelementtoseatitinthecanister.
Donotapplypressuretotheexiblecenterofthe
lter.
Important:Neverattempttocleanthesafety
lter(
Figure52).Replacethesafetylterwitha
newoneaftereverythreeprimarylterservices.
Figure52
1.Aircleanersafetylter
4.Cleanthedirtejectionportlocatedintheremovable
cover.Removetherubberoutletvalvefromthe
cover,cleanthecavityandreplacetheoutletvalve.
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