Return the Engine to Service
1. Remove any protective covers on the engine, air
intake and exhaust.
2. Top up with engine oil of the correct grade in the
engine and reverse gear if necessar y.
3. Fit new fuel filters and bleed the fuel system.
4. Check drive belts.
5. Check the condition of rubber hoses and check
hose clamps.
6. Close the drain cocks and fit the drain plugs of
the rawwater system. Fit the impeller in the raw-
water pump. Fill and bleed the rawwater system.
7. Check the coolant level and anti-freeze. To p up if
necessary.
8. Check under and around the engine for such
items as loose or missing bolts, oil, fuel or coo-
lant leaks and repair if needed.
9. Connect fully charged batteries.
10. Start the engine and run it at idling speed until it
reaches operating temperature before loading it.
11. Check for oil, fuel or coolant leaks.
12. When the engine has run long enough to warm
up apply the load and bring it to operating speed.
Conserving the lubricating and fuel systems for stops longer than eight months:
1. Drain the oil from the engine and fill with con-
servation oil* to just over the MIN mark on the
dipstick.
2. Connect supply (1) and return (2) fuel lines to a
fuel can filled with 1/3 conservation oil* and 2/3
diesel fuel.
3. Bleed the fuel system.
4. Start the engine and run it at fast idling speed
until approximately two liters of the fuel/conser-
vation oil mixture have been consumed. Stop the
engine and connect the ordinary fuel lines.
5. Drain the conservation oil from the engine.
6. Follow the directions on the previous page in
other respects.
* Conservation oils are available from oil companies.
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