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24. SERVICE PROCEDURE
24.7 EVERY 500 HOURS SERVICE
WARNING
Be sure to put a warning tag on work equipment control levers
1.
Maintenance for every 50, 100 and 250 hours should be carried
out at the same time.
24.7.1 CHANGE OIL IN ENGINE OIL PAN, REPLACE
ENGINE OIL FILTER CARTRIDGE
WARNING
The oil is at high temperature after the engine has been oper-
ated, so never change the oil immediately after finishing opera-
tions. Wait for the oil to cool down before changing it.
Prepare the following
‡ Container to catch drained oil: Min 132 ¬ capacity
‡ Refill capacity: 132 ¬ (34.85 US gal)
‡ Filter wrench
1. Open the engine side cover located on the left of machine.
2. Open oil filler F.
3. Place a container to catch the oil under drain valve 1 on the left
side of the machine.
4. Loosen drain valve 1, and drain the oil.
When draining the oil, fit the supplied vinyltube to the drain
ports of the drain plug to prevent the oil from spraying out.
5. Check the drained oil, and if there are excessive metal particles
or foreign material, please contact your Komatsu distributor.
6. Install drain valve 1.