FUEL OIL SYSTEM
The purpose of fuel oil system is to suck the fuel oil from the tank, filter it and supply to cylinder with adequate pressure and quantity at appropriate time. Description: A detachable fuel oil tank is provided in between two bogies of under truck. Its capacity is 6000 liters. Fuel used in this system is HSD (High Speed Diesel). Two oil filling caps are provided on both sides of the loco. Two vent pipes are provided on tank to evacuate the gasses. One drain plug is provided at bottom of the tank. There are two glass tubes with gauge on both side of loco to check fuel oil balance in the tank, gauge having marking from 600 to 6000 liters, each dot shows 25 liters. Minimum fuel oil level should be 1000 liters.
