3-8 OM 803 us – Edition 3.7 * * 803b320.fm
Operation
Check lists
The checklists below are intended to assist you in checking and monitoring the machine
before, during and after operation.
These checklists cannot claim to be exhaustive; they are merely intended as an aid for you
in fulfilling your duties as a conscientious operator.
The checking and monitoring work listed below is described in greater detail in the follow-
ing chapters.
If the answer to one of the following questions is NO, first rectify the cause of the fault
before the machine can be put into operation.
Start-up checklist
Check the following points before putting the machine into operation:
No. Question ✔
1 Enough fuel in the tank? (➠ 5-2)
2 Coolant level OK? (➠ 5-10)
3 Water drained from the water separator? (➠ 5-5)
4 Engine oil level OK? (➠ 5-7)
5 Oil level in hydraulic oil reservoir OK? (➠ 5-17)
7 V-belt condition and tension checked? (➠ 5-15)
8 Lubrication points greased? (➠ 5-27)
9 Tracks checked for cracks, cuts etc.? (➠ 5-25)
10
Light system, acoustic warning system, indicator and warning lights OK? (➠
3-27,3-11)
11 Are the lights and the footholds clean?
12 Raise the lock lever (➠ 3-62)
13 Attachment safely locked? (➠ 3-75)
14 Engine cover safely closed and locked? (➠ 3-41)
15
Especially after cleaning, maintenance or repair work:
➥Rags, tools and other loose objects removed?
16 Seating position adjusted correctly? (➠ 3-28)
17
Seat belt fastened
(only if the machine is equipped with the rollbar option, and if this rollbar is
raised)? (➠ 3-37)
18 Anyone in the danger zone of the machine?
19 Indicator lights for engine oil pressure and alternator charge function illuminate.
20
In case of dual-power operation: hydraulic oil levels of excavator and electro-
hydraulic power unit OK?(➠ 3-67)