PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-509
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 509
APRIL 1995
Dear Half-Mast,
Card 2 of LO 9±2350²261³12 (Ch 3) says that thE enginE oil FItEr Ele´
ments in our M113A2 carRieµ muSt bE changed according to "h¶rd
time· inteRvals.
We're runNiNg ¸nto situ¶tions whErE AOAP testing requirEs us to
ch¶ngE thE o¹l ¶nd oil Fºe» on¼Y to tu½ ¶round ¶nd do it ¶gain a few
weeks or months later bec¶usE thE h¶rd timE ¾nterv¶l comes up¿
ThatÀs ¶ big waste of time and rEsourcesÁ
Also thErEÃS disagrEEment ¶bout just what the h¶rd time ¾nterv¶l
re¶lly ¸sÁ P¶r¶ 6 on Card
8
SaÄs ¾t Should bE ÅÆ500 milEs or ¶nnu¶llyÁ
But thE pointEr on Card
7
calls for a SEmi¶nnu¶l ¸nteǶlÁ Which one
ls right?
ÈÈGJÁAÁ
Dear
SG J
.A±,
T
LO
i
a bit confusing on thoSe poIntS, ±eReant. First o² al the hard
Time interval shoUl³ be oNe year iNstead o² S´x monthSµ Make a note In yoUr LO
Until it can be UpdAte¶·
¸he oil ¹º»er element shoUld be changed eve¼Y time the oil
I
change¶· ½s the
LO sa¾¿, that oil change can
b
dIctated B ½O½P ha¼À tIme iNterVaÁ or op-
eration Under UnUSUal conditÃÄSÅ
Æn any eÇenÈ wheÄEver the oIl and Élter aÊ changeË the ha¼À tÌe interÇal
immediately reseÍÎ Ïnless YoU are di¼Ðcted by ½O½Ñ or UnUSUal conditionSÒ
yoU shoUldn
change the oil or Ólter Again Ôr one year or
1²50
milesÕ
#u{J
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