Lack of maintenance is shortening machine life time Sometimes we wonder what operators do and how they are trained by employer. Recently we inspected a CAT 972H wheel loader. The air filter element was totally sucked with lime powder. The engine was hard to start and running with low performance. What happens in such case? The engine will get the necessary air somehow. If it is not coming through the air filter element it will come from somewhere else. It may even happen, the air filter element gets deformed until the engine can absorb somewhere secondary air. The result will be an engine breathing unfiltered air. It may even occur the engine is absorbing then the earlier collected dust from filter element. Extendend wear in all internal engine components will be the result. Life time of the engine will be reduced dramatically. MEVAS engineers can help you avoid buying such a machine. We inspect heavy machinery and examine the maintenance status of equipment. We can provide oil sampling, pressure tests and machine performance tests. MEVAS can train your employes in daily machine maintenance and operation in Europe & Africa. With our partner Honestinspections we can provide services in the US.
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