. OPERATION OPERATION OPERATIONS AND CHECKS AFTER STARTING ENGINE WARNING Emergency stop procedures. Particularly in cold areas, make sure to warm up the machine properly. BREAKING-IN THE MACHINE CAUTION 1. Depress accelerator pedal (1) lightly and run the engine with no load at midrange speed for about 5 minutes. To warm up the hydraulic oil in cold areas, do as follows. 3 - 110 l or any other trouble occurs, turn the key in the starting switch to the O If the work equipment is op erated without warming up the machine sufficiently, the response of t he work equipment to the ver will be slow. The work equipment may not move as the operator de sires.
Follow all warm-up Your Komatsu machine has be en thoroughly adjusted and tested before shipment. However, operating the machine under severe conditions at the beginning ca n adversely affect the performance and shorten the machine life. ne for the initial 100 hours (as indicated by the service meter). llow the precautions described in this manual. Be sure to break-in the machi During break-in operations, fo Idle the engine for 5 min utes after starting it up. avy loads or at high speeds. Avoid operation with he Immediately after startin g the engine, avoid sudden starts, sudden acceleration, unneces sary sudden stops, and sudden changes in direc tion.
NORMAL OPERATION After the engine starts, do n ot start operating the machine immediately. First, carry out the fo llowing operations and checks. NOTICE Do not suddenly accelerate th completed. Do not run the engine at low id minutes. If it is necessary to run the eng run the engine at a mid-range