TM 5-6100-224-ESC
Section II. POWER PLANT EVALUATION PROCEDURES
5.
Evaluation Requirements . Before inspecting the power plant, insure that fuel, lubricating oil, battery level, and potable water are
adequate and that the power plant will, without damage, operate satisfactorily to perform the requirements of this evaluation.
6.
Procedures. All information will be determined by actual inspection and operation of the equipment. Evaluate each item listed and
record proper rating on DA Form 2404 as described in Section I. All operator/crew preventive maintenance checks and services shall be
performed prior to evaluation.
Item 1.
MODIFICATION WORK ORDERS (MWOs)
PROCEDURE
RATINGS
GREEN
AMBER
RED
Determine if all urgent MWOs have been
All urgent MWOs
One or more urgent
applied. Refer to DA Form 2408-5 in
have been applied.
MWOs have not been
log book.
applied.
Item 2.
BATTERIES
Inspect for obvious defects which
Batteries crank engine
Batteries will not crank
could make the batteries unserviceable,
to required starting
engine to required
such as: cracked or broken cases or
RPM. All batteries
starting RPM. One or
burned posts.
present.
more batteries missing.
Item 3.
ENGINE OPERATION
Start engine. Note that starter
Engine operates
Detectable noise.
Excessive noise,
drops out at 35%, ignition at 95%,
and accelerates
Operates properly,
or vibration.
acceleration to governed speed. Max
to governed
no vibration.
Not operating
60 seconds. Ready to load indicator
speed.
properly.
lights. Exhaust gas temperature
stabilizes at normal. Detect any
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