Maintenance; Oil Level Check - KAMAZ 5490 Operation Manual

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Maintenance

CAUTION
The present maintenance section SUPERSEDES the
corresponding sections of the maintenance instructions
for your manual transmission!

4.1 Oil Level Check

!
DANGER !
Too little oil in the transmission will result in
transmission damage: Risk of accident!
CAUTION
To check the oil level, the Intarder must not be activated
straight after the vehicle is shut down.
This ensures that the correct oil volume is measured in
the transmission.
6085 758 102b - 2006-10
NOTES
• In order to avoid incorrect measurements, the oil level
checks for the transmission with ZF-Intarder is to be
effected with:
- Vehicle in stationary position,
- Engine turned off, and
- Transmission oil cooled down (< 40 °C).
• Check the transmission's oil level at regular intervals.
• Please, pay particular attention to possible leakages:
- Transmission,
- Intarder,
- Oil/Water heat exchanger,
- The corresponding cooling water pipes.
CHECK:
• Leave your vehicle in stationary position without
actuating the Intarder.
• In the case of the oil level checks, the oil overflow plug
position 4 is to be opened.
• If the oil level has dropped below the margin of the oil
overflow orifice, then the oil must be refilled via the oil
overflow orifice until it overflows.
Screw in oil overflow plug (4) together with new
sealing ring (tightening torque, also see pages 45 and
).
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