Check Engine & Hydraulic Fluids

fully functional now on the asb we lift this up and we've got two side panels so this oil in this case is on this side panel and it's right down under here yep that other side panel will open up too yep you see these hoses now i'm looking in the bottom of the machine and the reason i point out these hoses i'm looking for leaks and any hoses anywhere and i look down at the bottom of the machine to look for oil and another place that i particularly look is under the machine so the machine's had plenty of time to sit and do absolutely nothing for quite a while and anything that may be leaking is gonna give you an indicator underneath a couple of places i look is on the ground and then i look on the belly pans for any indicators that there may be a drip coming now in this case this machine's in good shape there's a hydraulic oil reservoir there it looks like it's on the low side but still functioning so we're good our hydraulic oil is good git loader has multiple oils in it not just engine oil but in this case the hydraulic oil which makes all of the boom arms operate and we've got to check both of those so our engine oil you see we've got an indicator top and a bottom indicator we're right in the middle so we're good to go okay so the machine's passed initial visual inspections right yeah nothing no red flags no alarms going off no oh you know what do i do you had seen like an oil mess anywhere that would have been an indicator to stop if you would have seen like a spill on the ground you don't fire up the equipment all right so in this case what we're going to be using is just a dirt bucket and that's perfectly fine this is the best place to start go ahead and hop inside