TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
1. ENGINE
※ This guide is not intended to cover every condition, however many of the more common possibili-
ties are listed.
Trouble Service Remark
The engine oil pressure lamp · Add the oil to the specified level.
lights up when engine speed is · Replace the oil filter cartridge.
raised after completion of warm
up. · Check oil leakage from the pipe or the joint.
· Replace the monitor.
Steam is emitted from the top · Supply coolant and check leakage.
part of the radiator (the pressure · Adjust fan belt tension.
valve).
Coolant level warning lamp lights · Wash out inside of cooling system.
up. · Clean or repair the radiator fin.
· Check the thermostat.
· Tighten the radiator cap firmly or replace the
cap itself.
· Replace the monitor.
The engine does not start when · Confirm fuel supply.
the starting motor is turned over. · Repair where air is leaking into fuel system.
· Check the injection pump or the nozzle.
· Check the valve clearance.
· Check engine compression.
· In cold weather, check if fuel warmer system Refer to the pages
is working normal. 2-4 and 3-41.
Exhaust gas is white or blue. · Adjust to specified oil quantity.
· Replace with specified fuel.
Exhaust gas occasionally turns · Clean or replace the air cleaner element.
black.
· Check the nozzle.
· Check engine compression.
· Clean or replace the turbocharger.
Combustion noise occasionally · Check the nozzle.
changes to breathing sound.
Unusual combustion noise or · Confirm fuel quality.
mechanical noise. · Check over-heating
· Replace the muffler.
· Adjust valve clearance.
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2. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Trouble Service Remark
Work lamp does not glow brightly · Check for loose terminals and open-circuit wiring.
or flickers even when engine runs
· Adjust belt tension.
at high idle.
Battery charging lamp does not · Check the alternator.
go out even when engine runs at
· Check and repair wiring.
high speed.
Unusual noise is emitted from the · Check the alternator.
alternator.
Starting motor does not turn · Check and repair the wiring.
when starting switch is turned ON.
· Charge the battery.
· Check the starting motor.
· Check the safety relay.
The pinion of the starting motor · Charge the battery.
keeps going in and out.
· Check the safety relay.
Starting motor turns the engine · Charge the battery.
sluggishly.
· Check the starting motor.
The starting motor disengages · Check and repair the wiring.
before the engine starts up.
· Charge the battery.
The engine warming up lamp · Check and repair wiring.
does not go ON.
· Check the monitor.
The engine oil pressure lamp · Check the monitor.
does not light up when engine is
· Check the caution lamp switch.
stationary (when the starting
switch is in ON position.)
Battery charging lamp does not · Check the monitor.
light up when the engine is sta-
· Check and repair the wiring.
tionary.
(when the starting switch is in ON
position.)
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3. OTHERS
Trouble Service Remark
Track slips out of place. · Adjust tension of track.
Excessive wear of the sprocket.
Bucket either rises slowly or not at · Add oil to specified level.
all.
Slow speed of travel, swing, · Add oil to specified level.
boom, arm and bucket.
Unusual noise emitted from pump. · Clean the hydraulic tank strainer.
Excessive oil temperature rise of · Clean and check the oi cooler.
hydraulic oil. · Adjust fan belt tension.
· Add oil to specified level.
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