Change Oil - Hitachi EX 3600-6 Operator's Manual

Change Oil --- every 500 hours
(first time after 50 hours)
1. Run the engines until oil is warm to drain completely.
DO NOT run the engines until oil is hot.
2. Park the machine on a level surface.
3. Lower the bucket to the ground.
4. Turn the auto-idle switch off.
IMPORTANT: The turbocharger may be damaged if the
engine is not properly shut down.
5. Run the engine at slow idle speed without load for
five minutes.
6. Stop the engine. Remove the key from the key
switch.
7. Pull the pilot control shut-off lever to the LOCK
position
WARNING: Oil may be hot just after operation. Be
sure to wait for oil to cool before starting work.
8. Prepare a container of 55 liter (14.5 US gal) or more
capacity for the drain oil.
9. Remove drain plug (3) on the pump transmission
housing, and loosen cock (4) to drain the oil.
10. Check if foreign material like metal particles are
included in the drain oil by filtering it with a clean
cloth.
11. Tighten drain plug (3) and cock (4) securely. Fill the
pump transmission housing with 52 liter (13.7 US gal)
oil.
12. Confirm that the oil level is between the circle marks
on dipstick (1).Refer to the previous page.
NOTE: Oil can be refilled from the ground using the
Fast-Filling panel located in the rear of the base
machine. Refer to page 1-38 for the Fast-Filling
panel operation.
MAINTENANCE
7-45
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Clean Cloth
Container
3
M18M-07-041
M107-07-095