Maintenance 7
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Cleaning the cooling system
Damage due to dirty oil radiator.
► The higher the airborne dust load is, the more often do
all radiators have to be checked and cleaned.
► Always cover up the intake connection of the air filter
before cleaning.
► Do not damage the radiator fins when cleaning the
radiator.
► Carefully straighten any bent cooling fins.
Risk of damage to the environment
► Only clean the machine in a suitable place where the
waste water can be collected in an environmentally
friendly manner.
► Collect contaminated waste water and dispose of it in
an environmentally friendly manner.
Clean dirty radiators with compressed air (Fig. 147). Very
dirty radiators can also be cleaned with water and high
pressure.
• Clean the engine radiator.
• Clean the hydraulic oil radiator.
• Clean the alternator only with compressed air.