CSSCT15-042

Oil wear analysis and diagnosis sheet

HYDRAULIC COMPONENT
Inner parts of piston pump and motor
■Shoe and body
Hydraulic pump
Control valve
Oil cooler
& Radiator

Shoe
Solenoid valve ■Cradle

Cylinder
Multi pattern
Cylinder rod selector valve

Travel motor
Swing motor
PPC valve
Center swivel joint
(＊1)Model is PC200-8
■Piston

Inner parts of gear pump Inner parts of cylinder

■Gear ■Body ■■Side plate ■Bushing of cylinder head

Side plate Bushing of cylinder head

Symbol Element Estimated damage parts

Cylinder wall, Cylinder rod, Gear of gear pump,

Fe Iron Piston of piston pump and motor, Spool of control valve,
Body of control valve
Side plate of gear pump, Body of piston pump and motor,
Cradle of piston pump and motor,
Cu Copper
Shoe of piston pump and motor,
Bushing of gear pump, Oil cooler core(Corrosion)

Cr Chromium Cylinder rod

(*2)
Al Aluminum Body of gear pump, Entry of dust (Seal, Breather)

Si Silicon Entry of dust (Seal, Breather)

Bushing of cylinder head, Bushing of gear pump,

Pb Lead
Side plate of gear pump

Sodium
Na (Natrium) Oil cooler, Entry of coolant

(＊2)： When Silicon is detected at

the same
D iagnosis method by combination of wear elements
KOWA diagnosis sheet is described that there are seven metals which aid in predicting machine failure.
Each quality of the material shows general contents.
Please check and judge the specification of the model to investigate.
Aｂnormally detection
element Estimated damage parts
Fe Cu Cr Al Si Pb Na
・ Cylinder rod
・ Cylinder wall
・ Gear of gear pump
・ Piston of piston pump and motor ・ Oil pressure is low
・ Spool of control valve
・ Body of contorol valve
・ Side plate of gear pump
・ Bushing of gear pump
・ Body of piston pump and motor
・ Cradle of piston pump and motor
・ Shoe of piston pump and motor
・ Body of gear pump
・ Bushing of cylinder head
・ Bushing of gear pump
・ Side plate of gear pump
・ Body of gear pump
・ Side plate of gear pump
・ Bushing of gear pump
・ Seal
・ Breather
・ Oil cooler
Condition or check points
・ Unusual noise
・ Dust / Dirt
・ Metal wear powder
・ Hydraulic drift of work equipment
・ Work equipment Speed
・ Oil leak
・ Unusual noise
・ Dust / Dirt
・ Metal wear powder
・ Oil pressure is low
・ Unusual noise
・ Dust / Dirt
・ Metal wear powder
・ Oil pressure is low
・ Oil leak
・ Hydraulic drift of work equipment
・ Work equipment speed
・ Unusual noise
・ Dust / Dirt
・ Metal wear powder
・ Oil pressure is low
・ Work equipment speed
・ Unusual noise
・ Dust / Dirt
・ Metal wear powder
・ Oil pressure is low
・ Oil leak
・ Steamy adhesion to a oil filer cap
・ Mixture of the coolant to oil
・ Mixture of the oil to coolant
 (＊3) If the ingress of water is caused by a defective oil cooler,
  a high concentration of Cu wear powder may be detected

D iagnosis tools
Diagnosis tools Intended use
Contamination checker Check the contamination and examine the dust or dirt and metal wear powder.
(Part No. 79A-851-1000) 㲉 General information 㲊
This is a general opinion of contamination.
Please refer to KSE(07,801,01)for the standard of Komatsu.
Status Action NAS Class ISO code
Normal No action 9 or less 21/18/15 or less
Fillter exchange and oil flushing
LCM20 Caution Oil flushing：Set Flushing filter device in Hydraulic 10 to 11 21/19/16 to 22/20/17
Bottle sampler circuit, flush oil by operationg pump.
Critical Oil exchange is required 12 or more 23/21/18 or more

P ictures of damage part(Example)

Check filter element Cause of failure Check dust seal Phenomenon
Abnormal wear of side plates Machine can not swing and
of pump. sometime speed of work
equipment was too slowed.
Gear pump

Seal at bucket
cylinder head got Dust and water can
Wear powder Side plate damaged. be mixed in hydraulic oil.

HYDRAULIC COMPONENT