. OPERATION MACHINE OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS MACHINE OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS BEFORE STARTING ENGINE WARNING and hoses. If any problem is sprocket, idler, guard) for damage, wear, loose bolts, or leakage of oil from 3 - 63 Walk-around Checks Before starting the engine, look aro und and under the machine to check for loos e nuts and bolts, or leakage of oil, fuel, or coolant, and check conditio n of the work equipment and hydraulic system . Also check for lo ose wiring , play, and accumulation of dust at places with high temperatures. Remove any flammable materials from a round the battery, engine, muffler, turbocharger, o r other high temper ature engin e parts.
Leakage of fuel or oil will cause the mac hine to catch fire. Check carefully, be sure to repair any problem, or con tact your K omatsu distributor. I f th e machine is at an angle, repos ition it level before checking. Perform the following inspections a nd cleaning every day before starting engine for the day's wo 1. Check for damage, wear, play i n work equipment, cylinders, linkage, hoses Check for cracks, excessive w found, repair it. ear, play in wotk equipment, cylinders, link 2. Remove dirt and debris from ar ound the engine, battery, and radiator.
Check for dirt accumulated arou nd the engine and radiator.Also check for fla mmable material ( dry leaves, twigs, etc.) around the battery, engin e muffler, turbocharger, or other high temperature engine parts. If any dirt or remove them. dirt or flammable materials are found, 3. Check for coolant and oil leaka ge around the engine i Check for oil leakage from the e ngine and coolant leaks from the cooling syst em. If any proble m is found, repair t. 4. Check for oil leakage from hydr aulic equipment, hydraulic tank, hoses, and Check for oil leakage. If any pr oblem is found, repair the area where oil is le 5. Check the undercarriage (track rollers. If any problem is found, repair i 6.
Check for problems in handrail If any problem is found, repair i 7. Check for problems in gauges and monitor Check that there is no problem i n the gauges and monitor in the operator's ca b. If any problem is found, r eplace the parts. Clean off any dirt on the surface. 8. Checking window for damage a nd displacement age or displacement. If it is found broken or displaced, repair it. In particular, tely, once stopping the machine, if the window is broken or displaced during ntinue to operate the machine without repair. Check the window for any dam repairs must be made immedia if the win dow is broken or displaced during . during operation.
Do not attempt to co ntinue to operate the machine without repair