Engine Air Cleaner - Volvo ECR50D Operator's Manual

Service and maintenance
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Engine air cleaner

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Engine air cleaner
Air filter
If control lamp for air filter in the instrument panel
lights up the filter is clogged and must be cleaned
immediately and replaced if necessary. Contact
your Volvo Construction Equipment dealer.
Check the air lines (filter - engine) for leaks during
every maintenance. Defective parts must be
replaced and loose hose clamps must be tightened.
NOTICE
The air filter maintenance intervals depend on the
amount of dust in the air and can therefore not be
determined precisely. Under extremely dusty
conditions daily cleaning may be required.
Primary air filter, cleaning and
replacing
Primary air filter, cleaning
NOTE!
Avoid damaging or denting of the front face of the
filter.
Do not try to clean the filter cartridge by banging it
against a hard object.
Clean the primary filter as needed.
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1 Park the machine on level ground and place it in
service position, see page
2 Turn the battery disconnect switch off.
3 Open the engine hood.
4 Open the locking hooks for the housing lid (1)
and remove filter from the housing.
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5 Bang the filter several times with the front face
vertically against the palm of your hand or
against a flat and soft surface.
6 Blow the filter out with dry compressed air
(pressure not higher than 5 bar (75.5 psi)) from
inside under an oblique angle, until the out
flowing air is free of dust.
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