PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-491
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 491
OCTOBER 1993
Light
Trucks .
..
Prevent
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lL Contamination
f
f your tRUck is not under AOAP, It
Look F±r bubbles In the o²l on the
may su³fer from oI´ conTamInatIon
dIpstIck.µhaT's moIstu¶Econtam·natIon¸
during w¹nte¶ months¸ BU·´dup from
ºf you see bubbles» draw a sample and
condensat·on and dIluTIon f¶om fue´ aRe
Jet IT sTand In a g´ass ja¶¸ Water wIll
the cU´priTs¼
separate ³½om The oil¾ OIl's lIghTe¶ than
AfIER EVERY DA±lY
waTer¿ so ¹T f´oaTsÀ
01 ² lEVEl CHECK. .
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Change the
oil
and oIl ³IlTers when
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I
you fInd conTamInaTed oilÂ
Op ±²K
J
ºf you' Re usIng OÃA arcTIc engIne oIÄÅ
fO FUEL
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check youR oIl leveÆ eveRy TIme you shut
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down and beF±re you starT up agaInÇ
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µhIs ·s because an engine wIll consume
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more of thIs thIn oIl than OÈ/OÀ
Keep an eye on The oil pressure gaugeÉ
A p¶essure drop can mean low oI´Ç On
´ong Êuns, check Ëhe oI´ leve´ several
TImes a dayÌ NÃVÃÍ overfÎll to cuT o¶
skIp oIl checksÀ Over³IllIng br²ngs on
oThe¶ TroublesÅ lIke blown seaÏsÌ
Same goes ж The resT of the chassÎs
don't over-lubeÑ Globs o³ coldÒstiÓened
g¶ease can cause paÔts to b·nd and lockÀ
ÕondensaTIon Is aÖways knockIn' at
Ëhe doorÑ ×o, In beTween your regu´ar
lube servIcesÅ check one or two of you¶
gear cases lØke a dIÙerentIaÏ, traÚsmIsÛ
sIon or T¶ansfÜr¾ ÍememberÝ ItÞs TIme for
an oIl change when thereßs oIl contamIà
naTioná
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