Sumo Armoured LBPV - Tata Motors Customer Care

Vehicle maintenance
Water Draining Procedure from Sedimenter
5. Before filling in fresh oil in the
engine, clean the drain plug and
apply sealant on threads.
6. Refit the drain plug using a new
sealing washer. Tighten drain plug
to 5 mkg. torque.
7. Fill, recommended quantity of
fresh engine oil in the crank case
and secure the oil filler cap in its
place.
8. Start the engine and run for a few
minutes. The engine oil pressure
indicator lamp should go ‘off’ after
starting the engine.
9. Check for engine oil leakages.
10.Stop the engine and recheck
engine oil level after a few
minutes. If necessary add oil to
bring the level to the upper mark
on the dipstick.
NOTICE
Use of reclaimed oil is not
recommended.
Water Sedimenter
Water draining Procedure from
Sedimenter :
The water sedimenter is part of the
Fuel filtration system, fitted to the
chassis frame, near fuel tank below
the vehicle. It is used in the fuel
supplying system in order to reduce
the water content in the fuel provided
to the DICOR system.
A water sensor is fitted to the water
sedimenter in order to indicate to the
driver that the sedimenter has to be
drained. Whenever water in fuel
sedimenter Indicator glows in
instument cluster, the water need to
be drained from the sedimenter.
Water drain operation to be done on
both filter and sedimenter.
Procedure :
1. Stop the engine, and wait until
pressure stabilizes.
2. Unclip one of the hydraulic
connections (either inlet or outlet)
and the electric connector of the
water sensor. 3 Place a container
underneath the water sedimenter.
3. Place a container underneath the
water sedimenter.
4. Unscrew the water sensor about
2 - 3 turns
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