Komatsu PC138US-11 Operation & Maintenance Manual page 229

Hydraulic excavator
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OPERATION
REMARK
The smell of the exhaust gas is different from that of the conventional diesel engine because of the
exhaust gas filtering function.
Black or white smoke may be discharged for a short time just after the engine is started in the cold
season, but this is not trouble.
METHOD FOR RUNNING-IN THE NEW MACHINE
NOTICE
Your Komatsu machine has been thoroughly adjusted and tested before shipment from the factory.
However, operating the machine under full load before breaking the machine in can adversely affect the
performance and shorten the machine life.
Be sure to break in the machine for the initial 100 hours (as indicated on the service meter).
Make sure that you fully understand the descriptions in this manual, then run in the machine while paying atten-
tion to the following points.
Run the engine at idle for 15 seconds immediately after starting it up.
Do not operate the control levers or fuel control dial during this time.
Perform warm-up operation for 5 minutes after starting it up.
Avoid operation with heavy loads or at high speed.
Immediately after starting the engine, avoid sudden starts, sudden acceleration, unnecessary sudden
stops, and sudden changes in direction of the machine.
METHOD FOR ENGINE WARM-UP OPERATION
NOTICE
Do not accelerate the engine abruptly until it is warmed up.
Do not run the engine at low idle or high idle under no load for more than 20 minutes. This will have
an adverse effect on the environment and also on the internal structure of the engine. If it is neces-
sary to run the engine at idle for 20 minutes or more, apply a load from time to time or run at a medi-
um speed.
This machine is equipped with an automatic engine warm-up system, so if the engine coolant temperature is
30 °C or less after the engine is started, the engine warm-up operation starts automatically. When the engine
automatic warm-up operation starts, the engine speed is maintained higher than the normal speed at low idle.
If the engine coolant temperature goes 30 °C or more or if the warm-up operation is continued for more than 10
minutes, the automatic warm-up operation is canceled and the engine speed drops to the normal speed at low
idle.
Do not start operating the machine immediately. First, perform the following operations and checks.
1.
Check that engine coolant temperature caution lamp (1)
displays the correct temperature.
If the display indicates low temperature, perform additional
warm-up operation of the engine according to step 2 until it
indicates the correct temperature.
Display (A) when temperature is correct: Caution lamp
background (C) is blue.
Display (B) when temperature is low: Caution lamp
background (C) is white.
MACHINE OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS
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