PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-563
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 563
OCTOBER 1999
rivers, if you want your tank to start
tomorrow, you’d better start it up and
shut it down properly today. So, fol-
low these four critical steps:
1.
Never use the combat start info
in TM 9-2350-200-BD-1,
Battlefield
Damage Assessment and Repair
—
unless you are in combat and your en-
gine has sustained battle damage.
2.
Never press the START button for
more than one second at a time.
M1-Series Tanks . . .
Refer to
your -10
TM for the
complete
picture on startup
and shutdown procedures.
No cool-down
ruins engine
bearings
Also, ignoring the cool-down period
results in enough heat to boil the en-
gine oil. That cokes bearings and clogs
oil ports. Dry bearings will ruin the
engine.
Violating steps 2 or 3 puts too much
fuel into the engine. The extra fuel ex-
plodes, causing internal damage to the
engine.
4.
Always idle the engine at least
two
minutes
to cool it off before shutdown.
And never gun the engine during or
after the cool-down period. That pre-
vents heat soak, which cracks turbine
rotors, clogs oil passages, and ruins
the rear module.
3.
Never turn OFF any circuit breaker
once the start cycle has begun.
Hands off
breakers
during start
cycle
Don’t press
PUSH TO
START
button
longer than
one second
I don’t
get it
! it
just
won
’
t
start
!
it’s
dead
,
'cause you
shut
the engine
down
the
wrong way
too often.
16
OCT 99
PS 563
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