Checking Hydraulic Reservoir Oil Level

Checking Hydraulic Reservoir Oil Level

NOTE: Check hydraulic oil level with machine parked on a level surface. Check before starting engine, with backhoe and stabilizers in transport position, and front loader bucket lowered to ground.

Check when oil is cool.

Sight glass decal has a scale for proper level of oil.

1. Position machine as described in Parking the Machine in Driving the Machine chapter. Stop engine. Allow time for hydraulic oil to cool.

2. Check oil level in sight glass (A). Oil level should be in mid-range of decal.

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A-Sight Glass

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Adding Oil to the Hydraulic Reservoir

1. If oil is below operating range in ADD range, remove fill cap (B) and add oil. (See Fuels and Lubricants chapter for proper type of hydraulic oil.)

2. Install fill cap.


B-Fill Cap

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