How To Change Engine Oils
How To Change Engine Oils
How To Change Engine Oils
CHANGE OIL IN ENGINE OIL PAN, REPLACE ENGINE OIL FILTER CARTRIDGE 4
WARNING
The parts and oil are at high temperature after the engine is stopped, and may cause burns. Wait for the
temperature to go down before starting the work.
3. Check the drained oil, and if there are excessive metal par-
ticles or foreign material, please contact your Komatsu dis-
tributor.
4. Remove the drain hose, then tighten drain valve (2) and
drain plug (1).
Tightening torque
5. Using the filter wrench, turn filter cartridge (3) to the left
and remove it. When doing this, do not carry out the opera-
tion from immediately below and be careful not to get oil
over yourself. In particular, immediately after the engine is
stopped, a large amount of oil may come out, so wait for
about 10 minutes before starting the operation.
6. Clean the filter holder, fill the new filter cartridge with oil,
then coat the seal and thread of the filter cartridge with oil
(or coat thinly with grease) and install.
7. When installing the filter cartridge, tighten until the packing face is in contact with the filter holder, then tighten
a further 3/4 - 1 turn.
8. Pour in the specified amount of engine oil from oil filler (F).
9. Run the engine for a short time at idle, then check the oil if
it is filled up to a specified level. For details, see “CHECK
OIL LEVEL IN ENGINE OIL PAN, ADD OIL (3-88)“.
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