Nuggethunting
Member
Hello All,
Recently a friend and I finished all the maint. scheduled on our CAT 345B Trackhoe. We drained and replaced all the crankcase oil, replaced the old filter, replaced the fuel and fuel/water seperator & all the air filters.
Speaking of that, I noticed that one of the swing drive motors was slightly down on the dipstick, so we added some oil through the dipstick and found out the oil filled the entire dipstick tube up .....
I thought I might have added the oil in the wrong location at first, but then after reviewing the maint. manual for this particular unit we did it right, but added too much. It states 500cc, but we added much more.
Can this cause any harm? We tried to get as much out of the dipstick tube as possible, but I might have to use some type of suction and tube to get it back to the normal position.
Any help would be appreciated.
Rob
Recently a friend and I finished all the maint. scheduled on our CAT 345B Trackhoe. We drained and replaced all the crankcase oil, replaced the old filter, replaced the fuel and fuel/water seperator & all the air filters.
Speaking of that, I noticed that one of the swing drive motors was slightly down on the dipstick, so we added some oil through the dipstick and found out the oil filled the entire dipstick tube up .....
I thought I might have added the oil in the wrong location at first, but then after reviewing the maint. manual for this particular unit we did it right, but added too much. It states 500cc, but we added much more.
Can this cause any harm? We tried to get as much out of the dipstick tube as possible, but I might have to use some type of suction and tube to get it back to the normal position.
Any help would be appreciated.
Rob