PS Magazine - JANUARY 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 230
JANUARY 1972
MUl Tf uEL ENGINE
OIL CHECK
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Yes, Virginia-and all you
truck jockeyS±the²10 operator'S TMs will
be coming Out wIth the straight Poop on
checking the crankcase oil level.
Fact is, it³s already in Ch 7 (May 71),
T
9´2320²209²10-check page 43.
You should³ve got the word from your own locaL command back when they got
it in µB 750¶981¶3 ·Ul 69¸.
¹t coºes down
t
this:
¹t's normal for your »¼pstick to read a little over the F½¾¾ mark¿about
B1
inchesÀ
when your eNGine has been shut down for seÁeral hours. µhat³S for a cold engineÂ
BUtà when yoU checK tHe oil level one minUte after Shutdown±wheÄ the engine's
sÅill hot-it Should not be aboÁe theÆ F½¾¾ mark. Any place between ADD and
F½¾¾ is safe.
Çatch, cold or hot, you add oil if tHe level's below ADD!
RememÈer, now, that yoU don't screw tHe dipstick down when you're checKing
the oil leÁel JUst É sUre yoU screw it back down after yoU're all done with your
oil cheÊK.
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µhis'S 'boUt the stoÌy you³ll be seeing in µM 9²2320²211²10 and µM 9´2320²230²
10 for those multifuel engines±and in the lubrication orders for thoSe trucks, tooÍ
µrying to figure out why oil's leaÎing around tHe rocKer arm cover on your
M715²Series 1 ϲton truck?
Maybe youÐÁe got the gasKet on backÑ
wards. µhat gaSKet³s shaped inside to fit
the lip of the roÊker arm cover.
Take a look. You don't haÁe to take it ofÒÂ ¹f tÓereÔS no groove running along the
outside of the gaSket, you've got it on wrongÕ You³ll haÁe to take the cover off and
put it on rightÖ
Çeed any back isSues of ×Ø? DroÙ a note
to ×Ø Magazine at Fort Únox, ÚyÛ 40121
Ür coÙies of these iSsueS that are still on
tHe SHelfÝ
195, 198, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 205,
206, 207, 209, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216,
21Þ,21ß,219,22à,221,222,223,224,226,
227, 22ß aná 229.
¹f you'Áe got aây extra copiES around
your shop, send ãem to the ×Ø office. äther
guys can get 'em that wayÍ
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