Komatsu — STARTING ENGINE

. OPERATION OPERATION STARTING ENGINE NORMAL STARTING WARNING the Ambient temperature Lighting time Above - 5 ° C 0 seconds - 5 ° C to - 20 ° C 20 seconds to 40 seconds Below - 20 ° C 40 seconds 3 - 117 Sit down in the operator' s seat before s tarting the engine. Do not attempt to start th e engine by short-circuitin g the engine sta circ uit. Such an act may cause serious bodily inju ry or fire. Che ck that t here are no p ersons or obstacles in t he surrounding then sound the horn and start the engine. Exh aust gas is toxic. Wh en starting the engine in confined space part icularly careful to en sure good ventilation.

NOTIC E not accelerate the engine suddenly before completing ming-up operation. not keep the starting motor rotating continuously for more tha Do war Do ming-up not keep operation. the starting sec If th onds. e engine does not start, wait for at least 2 minutes before tryi star t the engine again. This m achine is equippe d with an engine autom atic preheatin g device that functions to start the engine preheating automatically . If the ambien t temperatur e is low, the preheatin g monitor will li ght up when the key in startin g switch (1) is turned to the O N position to inform the operato r that preh eating has be en started automatically. 1.

Tu rn the key in starti ng switch (1) to ON po the ambient temper ature is low, the prehe ating pilot lam hts up a nd automat ic preheating is carried out. Keep the starting switch (1) a t the ON position until t he preheating mp (2) goes out. The l ighting-up time of the preheating pilot lamp (2) va accor ding to t he ambient temperature as shown in the table on right.