Make Your Excavator Machine Shine With These Few Steps!

The excavator machine needs regular maintenance, which can help the machine improve working efficiency and extend its service life. To put it simply, just few steps can reduce your machine breakdown rate and increase its potential time. 

Check Hydraulic Oil

Hydraulic oil is the machine’s blood, which can impact the whole hydraulic system. The hydraulic oil should be regularly replaced and filtered to remove the contaminant and reduce abrasion to the hydraulic parts, thus achieving the maximum efficiency. Selecting the proper hydraulic fluid for your skid-steer, track loader, mini-excavator or other compact equipment is fairly easy – simply follow the manufacturer’s recommendations.

Clean Filter and Radiator

The filters and radiator are very important parts to avoid system contamination and keep the machine from overheat. There are multiple filters on a compact excavator for the fuel, engine, air and hydraulic systems, and each may have different service intervals. When dirty or completely clogged, a filter can directly impact performance and compromise sensitive components.  Therefore, keeping the filters and radiator clean and complete can greatly reduce the excavator machine malfunction.

Check the Engine

Engine equals to the machine’s heart, which provides power to the machine. When checking, attentions should be paid to the engine outer structure, load bearing, emission standard and so on. Clean and qualified fuel oil is an essential condition for the engine smooth operation. Inferior fuel oil will make the engine abraded and sintered. 

Cooling System

An effective cooling system relies on adequate airflow and appropriate coolant level. If either is lacking, it can lose performance, cause an overheat condition — or worse yet — accelerate engine damage. 

Check the overall Performance

The overall performance examination is to check and record the machine operating data, which can analyze and predict the potential malfunction. The overall performance data mainly includes the highest and lowest rotate rate, action speed, working pressure and so on.

Safety

Before starting the excavator for the first time, operators should understand what each and every lever and control does and how to operate the machine safely. In fact, many manufacturers also supply an operator handbook that is commonly fastened to an area in the cab for quick reference, and is often accompanied by additional operator and service training materials from an authorized dealer.  Safety decals should be intact and legible, and all work lighting should be operational and visible. 

Your excavator can be one of your most important investments and by making a strong commitment to a manufacturer’s routine maintenance plan, you can add more useful life to your machine.