Inspecting Fuel and Oil Filters

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During your walk-around inspection, carefully examine all filters for fuel, oil, and hydraulics, which are typically located in the pump compartment. Look at the fuel water separator (often a clear bowl on the fuel filter) for any visible water at the bottom, and drain it if present. It's crucial to diligently track the maintenance of these filters: always write the date and the machine's hours on each filter when it is installed. This tracking is essential for knowing when to replace them, as filter life is measured in operating hours (e.g., typically 500 hours) rather than just calendar time, especially if the machine has been sitting idle. While the filters on a Volvo may be neatly grouped for easy access, operators should expect to locate them in various configurations on other machines.

Goal: Routinely check and track the status of all filters

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Excavator Volvo — The machine with filters to be inspected
Pen — Writing dates and hours on filters

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day but they do pull it from defensively just to just so you know your machine that's the key no your machine no your fluids we recommend with the fuel is after you think you get finished at the end today fill the fuel at that time because you want your your tank topped off that way you don't have condensation in in the field okay so do it at the end of the day hydraulic is here but the sight glass is on the ground so that's sealed because you shouldn't have to add it unless you have a ruptured hull unless something the leak or something like that right how often do you change hydraulic oil Danny it's it's on the racetrack okay typically I think it's around 2000 hours okay the reason I ask you that question even though we know it's on the racetrack and it's gonna be different for every machine it's not like engine oil no it's completely different but this one doesn't require the same level of maintenance as an engine oil correct what else should we know about Ray didn't hear Danny because they see a lot of to me vital components so these guys that may be all foreign material right so this is typically your your pump compartment so you have a number of things going on in here when you're doing your walk-around you have the water separator which is this filter here if there's any water in it you can actually see it you can see the the color of the diesel fuel is kind of an orange color if it's water you can see in the bottom and at that time you can actually drain the water off this filter as you do your walk-around okay so one of the things I want to point out is guys make sure that you check all of these things because all machines will have this they may not have them grouped

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