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Product: WHEEL LOADER

Model: 966G WHEEL LOADER 3PW
Configuration: 966G Wheel Loader 3PW00001-UP (MACHINE) POWERED BY
3306 Engine

Systems Operation
966G Wheel Loader and 972G Wheel Loader Hydraulic System
Media Number -RENR2114-01 Publication Date -01/11/2000 Date Updated -28/05/2002

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Fan Drive System

SMCS - 1386; 1387

The fan drive system cools the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic oil tank. The fan drive system also
filters the hydraulic oil.

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Illustration 1 g00755146
Fan Drive System

(1) Axle oil cooler. (2) Flow divider valve. (3) Filter bypass valve. (4) Hydraulic oil filter. (5) Hydraulic oil cooler. (6)
Hydraulic oil cooler bypass valve. (7) Fan drive pump. (8) Fan pump discharge line. (9) Fan drive motor. (10) Return
line to the hydraulic oil tank. (11) Fan pump suction line. (12) Case drain line. (13) Hydraulic oil tank. (AA) Oil sample
port. (BB) Pressure tap for the fan drive system.

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Illustration 2 g00495022
(7) Fan Drive Pump. (8) Discharge line. (11) Suction line. (12) Case drain line. (BB) Pressure tap.

Fan drive pump (7) is mounted on the right side of the engine toward the rear of the machine. The
fan drive pump draws oil from the hydraulic oil tank through supply line (11). Pressurized oil then
flows to fan drive motor (9) through hydraulic oil line (8) .

Pressure tap (BB) is available to check the pressure setting of the relief valve in the fan drive motor.

Illustration 3 g00742682

Fan drive motor (9) is located at the rear of the machine at the center of the fan. Pressurized oil from
the fan drive pump flows into inlet (8). The high pressure of the oil causes the fan blades on the shaft
of fan drive motor (9) to rotate.

The oil then flows through the outlet to the hydraulic oil cooler. Case drain oil from the fan drive
motor (9) flows through a hydraulic oil line to the hydraulic oil tank.

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Illustration 4 g00495029
Location of the Hydraulic Oil Cooler

(5) Hydraulic oil cooler. (6) Hydraulic oil cooler bypass valve.

The rotation of the fan causes cool air to flow through the hydraulic oil cooler (5). The flow of air
cools the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic oil cooler (5) .

After the hydraulic oil exits the fan drive motor, the oil flows through hydraulic oil line to hydraulic
oil cooler (5). When the engine is first started and the hydraulic oil is cold, the oil from the fan drive
motor can not easily flow through hydraulic oil cooler (5). The oil pressure increases in the hydraulic
oil cooler and hydraulic oil cooler bypass valve (6) opens. Bypass valve (2) limits the maximum oil
pressure in the hydraulic oil cooler to 448 ± 55 kPa (65 ± 8 psi).

Illustration 5 g00742697

When the temperature of the oil increases, and the pressure of the oil decreases, the force of the
spring in hydraulic oil cooler bypass valve (6) is greater than the force of the oil pressure that is
acting on the spring. This allows the bypass valve to close. The hydraulic oil then flows through
hydraulic oil cooler (5) to the hydraulic oil filter (4) .

Hydraulic oil filter (4) is located above the steering cylinder on the left side of the machine. After the
oil exits the hydraulic oil cooler, the oil flows to the hydraulic oil filter. The oil then flows through
hydraulic oil line to the hydraulic oil tank.

Note: If the machine has an optional axle oil cooler (1) the oil does not flow from hydraulic oil filter
(4) directly back to the hydraulic oil tank. The oil flows from the hydraulic oil filter to the flow
divider valve (2). The oil then flows through the axle oil cooler (1) and back to the flow divider

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valve (2). The axle oil cooler is a heat exchanger that is located in the axle of the machine. Cooled
hydraulic oil is sent through the heat exchanger in order to cool the axle oil. The oil then returns to
the hydraulic oil tank.

If hydraulic oil filter (4) becomes plugged, the oil pressure in the filter increases. Once the oil
pressure in the oil filter reaches approximately 172 kPa (25 psi), the hydraulic oil filter bypass valve
opens.

Oil that flows through the bypass valve returns through a hydraulic oil line to the hydraulic oil tank.
When the bypass valve opens, a bypass switch sends an electrical signal to the Caterpillar
Monitoring System. The Caterpillar Monitoring System warns the operator of a fault in the hydraulic
oil filter.

Fluid sampling valve (AA) is available to check the quality of the hydraulic oil.

Reference: For more information on checking the pump pressure and fan motor speed, refer to the
Service Manual module for Testing and Adjusting, "Gear Pump (Fan Drive) Pressure and Gear
Motor (Fan Drive) Speed - Test".

Reference: For more information on obtaining a hydraulic oil sample, refer to the Service Manual
module for Operation and Maintenance Manual, "S·O·S Oil Analysis" for the machine that is being
serviced.

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