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Systems Operation
Testing & Adjusting
3406C Eng
For Caternillar Built Machines
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numbers available, see the Service Manual Contents Microfiche, REG1139F.Index Basic Block 6
‘Connecting Rod And Main Bearings 6
Connecting Rods And Pistons 96
i Cylinder Block 96
Systems Operation Cylinder Liner Projection 97
Ar inlet And Exhaust System 25 Flywheel And Flywheel Housing 98
Attercooler 26 Piston Rings 96
Turbocharger or Vibration Damper 101
Valves And Vaive System Components 28 Conon a
Basic Block 35 Belt Tightening Chart 95
Camshaft 36 Testing The Cooling System 3
Grankshatt 38 Visual Inspection OF The Cooling System... 90
Cylinder Block and Liners 35
Pistons, Rings And Connecting Rods 35 ee canes ae nal
Vibration Damper 5 36 ee a
Cooling System 31 Rack Shutoff Solenoid 106
Coolant Conditioner (An Attachment) 34 Starting System 108
Coolant For alr Compressor 3 Test Tools For Electrical System 102
Electrical System 36 Fue! System 49
‘Charging System Components 7 Check And Adjustment Of The Fuel Ratio Control
Engine Electrical System 36 Linkage 74
Grounding Practices 36 Checking Engine Cylinders Separately 49
Other Components 0 Checking Engine Timing By Timing Pin
Starting System Components 39 Method 62
Checking Engine Timing With 878300 Timing
Fuel System 5 Indicator Group And 875301 Diesel Timing Adapter
‘Automatic Timing Advance Unit 7 Group 59
Dual Horsepower Solenoid (if Equipped) 14 Checking The Plunger And Lifter Of An Injection
Fuel Flow 5 Pump 82
Fue! Injection Pump é Dual Horsepower Solenoid Adjustment (if
Fuel Injection Nozzie 8 Equipped) cA
Fuel Ratio Control 15 Engine Speed Measurement 78
Fuel Transfer Pump 8 Finding Top Center Compression Position For No.
Governor "1 1 Piston 58
il Flow For Fuel injection Pump and Fue! Injection Lines. 51
Governor 10 Fuel Ratio Control Adjustment 2
Fuel Ratio Control And Governor Check 7
Lubrication System 28 Fuel Setting Procedure 65
i Flow In The Engine 30 Fuel System Inspection 49
il Flow Thru The Oil Filter And Oil Cooler a Fuel Transfer Pump 49
Governor Adjustments 73
. oe Flemoval And installation Of Fuel Injection
Testing And Adjusting Pumps 52
Testing Fue! injection Nozzles 50
Air inlet And Exhaust System 83
Bridge Adjustment 5 Lubrication System 87
Compression 85 Increased Oil Temperature 0
Grankease (Crankshaft Compartment) Measuring Engine Oil Pressure 88
Pressure a Oil Pressure Is High 90
Cylinder Head 85 Oil Pressure Is Low 89
Exhaust Temperature 86 Too Much Bearing Wear 90
Measurement Of Pressure in Inlet Manifold... 83 ‘Too Much Oil Consumption ar
Restriction Of Air inlet And Exhaust 83
Turbocharger 84 ‘Troubleshooting 4a
Valve Lash Setting 86 ‘Troubleshooting index a
3406C Engine indexSpecifications
NOTE: For Spectications with ilustratons, make
reference to Spectication For 3406C Engine For
Caterpilar Bult Machines, SENRGA7O. tthe
‘Specifications in SENR6470 are not the same as the
Systems Operation and the Testing And Adjusting, look
atthe printing date onthe front cover of each book
Use the Spectications given in the book with the latest
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3406C Eng
IndexSystems Operation
Fuel System
Fuel Flow
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(1) Fuel injection nozzte. 2) Fue injection tines. (3) Fue return ne. (4) Constant bleed orice (part of the elbow), (5) Fue injection pump
housing. (6) Fue priming pump (7) Check valves. (8) Fuel transter pump. (9) Fuel tank. (10) Primary fue fier. (11) Secondary fue iter
3406C Engine 5 Systems OperationFuel is pulled from fuel tank (9) through primary fuel
filter (10) by fuel transfer pump (8). From the fuel
transfer pump the fuel is pushed through secondary
{uel fer (11) and to the fue! manifold in fue injection
pump housing (5). Fuel pressure in the fuel manifold is
determined by the fuel transfer pump spring. A
Cconstant bleed orifice isin the fuel return line elbow.
Constant bleed orifice (4) lets a constant flow of fuel
{90 through fuel return line (8) back to fuel tank (9). This
helps keep the fuel cool and free of air. The individual
fuel injection pumps get fuel from the fuel manifold and
push fuel ata very high pressure through fuel ines (2)
to fuel injection nozzles (1). Each fue! injection nozzle
has very small hoes in the tip that change the flow of
fuel to a very fine spray that gives good fuel
combustion in the cylinder
Fuel Injection Pump
‘The fue! injection pump increases the pressure of the
fuel and sends an exact amount of fuel to the fuel
injection nozzle. There is one fuel injection pump for
each cylinder in the engine.
Fuel Injection Pump
(1) Spl port. (2) Check valve. (@) Pump barrel. (8) Bypass port
(5, Purophnger-() Spin, (7 Fel ack (8) Gam) Liter
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The fuel injection pump is moved by cam (10) of the
{uel pump camshaft. When the camshaft turns, the
cam raises lifter (8) and pump plunger (5). The pump
plunger always makes a ful stroke, As the camshatt
{urns farther, spring (6) returns the pump plunger and
lifter to the bottom of the stroke.
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Pump Barrel And Plunger Assembly
(1) Spl por. (2) Check valve. (8} Pump barre. (4) Bypass port
(6) Pump plunger. (11) Onticed reverse ow check valve.
(42) Spring. (18) Spring, (14) Serol (15) Slo
When the pump plunger is at the bottom of the stroke,
fue! at transfer pump pressure flows through spill port
(1) and bypass port (4). Fue! fils pump barrel (3) in the
area above pump plunger (5).
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Pump Barrel And Plunger Assembly
(1) Spl port. (2) Check valve, (3) Pump barrel. (4) Bypass port,
(6, Pump plunger. (11) Orifice reverse flow check valve.
(12) Spring, (19) Spring, (14) Sera. (15) Sit
After pump plunger (5) begins the up stroke, fuel will
bbe pushed out bypass port (4) unt the top of the
pump plunger closes the port. As the pump plunger
travels farther up, the pressure of the fuel increases. At
approximately 690 kPa (100 psi), check valve (2) opens
and lets fuel low into the fuel injection line to the fuel
injection nozzle.
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Pump Barrel And Plunger Assembly
(1) Spi port. (2) Check valve. (3) Pump barre. (4) Bypass por.
{6)Pump plunger. (11) Oriced reverse flow check vave.
(12) Spring, (13) Spring, (14) Seal (15) Sot.
‘When the pump plunger travels farther up, scroll (14)
Uncovers spill port (1). The fuel above the pump
plunger goes through slot (15), along the edge of scroll
(14) and out spill port (1) back to the fuel manifold
This is the end of the injection stroke. The pump
plunger can have more travel up, but no more fuel wil
be sent to the fuel injection nozzle.
3406C Engine
Systems OperationPump Barrel And Plunger Assembly
(1) Spit port. (2) Check valve. (4) Bypass port. (5) Pump plunger.
(11) Oriiced reverse tow check valve. (12) Spring. (13) Spring
(14) Sero. (18) Sot.
When spill port (1) is opened by plunger (6) the fuel
nozzle closes and spring (13) closes check valve (2) as
the pressure above plunger (5) drops below 690 kPa
(100 ps). At the same time the orficed reverse flow
check vaive (11) opens.
Orificed reverse flow check valve (11) closes when the
fuel pressure in the fuel injection lines is 6900 kPa
(1000 psi). This keeps the fuel in the injection line and
above the reverse flow check valve at 6900 kPa (1000
si)
NOTE: Oriticed reverse flow check valve (11) prevents
rough idle by stopping any secondary injection of fuel
between injection strokes. This valve is only effective
below 8250 kPa (1200 psi) and has no effect above
that pressure. When the engine is shutdown, the
pressure is gradually released through a small groove
‘on the bottom face of orificed reverse flow check valve
(11),
\When the pump plunger travels down and uncovers
bypass port (4), fue begins to fil the area above the
pump plunger again, and the pump is ready to begin
another stroke.
‘The amount of fuel the injection pump sends to the
injection nozzle on each pump stroke can be changed
by the rotation of the pump plunger. Gear (8) is
attached to the pump plunger and is in mesh with fuel
rack (7). The governor moves the fuel rack which turns
the fuel pump plungers according to the fuel needs of
the engine. When the governor turns the pump
plunger, scroll (14) on the plunger changes the
distance between the top of pump plunger and the
point where scroll (14) uncovers spill port (1). The
longer the distance from the top of the pump plunger
to the point where scroll (14) uncovers spill port (1), the
more fuel wil be injected.
To stop the engine, the pump plunger is rotated so that
siot (15) on the pump plunger is in line with spil pot
(1), The fuel will now go out the spill port and not to the
injection nozzle.
Fuel Injection Nozzle
The fue! injection nozzie is installed in an adapter in the
cylinder head and extended into the combustion
chamber. The fuel injection pump sends fuel with high
pressure to the fue! injection nozzle where the fuel is,
made into a fine spray for good combustion,
Fuel injection Nozzle
(1) Carbon dam. (2) Seal (9) Passage. (4 Fitr screen. (5) net
passage. (6) Orites, (7) Vale, (6) Orameter. (8) Spring,
Seal (2) goes against the nozzle adapter and prevents
leakage of compression from the cylinder. Carbon dam
(1) keeps cartoon out of the bore of the nozzle adapter.
Fuel with high pressure from the fuel injection pump
goes into inlet passage (5). Fuel then goes through
soreen (4) and into passage (3) to the area below
diameter (8) of valve (7). When the pressure of the fuel
that pushes against diameter (8) becomes greater than
the force of spring (9), valve (7) lifts up. This occurs
when the fuel pressure goes above the Valve Opening
Pressure of the fuel injection nozzle. When valve (7)
lifts, the tip of the valve comes off of the nozzle seat
and the fuel will go through the six small orfices (6)
into the combustion chamber.
3406C Engine
‘Systems Operation‘The injection of fuel continues until the pressure of fuel
against diameter (8) becomes less than the force of
spring (9). With less pressure against diameter (8),
spring (8) pushes valve (7) against the nozzle seat and
stops the flow of fuel tothe combustion chamber.
The fue! injection nozzle can not be disassembled and
no adjustments can be made,
Fuel Transfer Pump
‘The fuel transfer pump is a piston pump that is moved
by a cam (eccentric) on the camshatt for the fuel
injection pump. The transfer pump is located on the
bottom side ofthe fuel injection pump housing
Fuel Transfer Pump (Start Of Down Stroke)
(Arows Indicate Fuel Flow Drecton)
(1) Push roa 2) isto. (8) Outlet check valve. 4) Pumping check
valve. (5) Pumping spring. (6) Pump inlet port. (7) Inet check
valve. (8) Pump outlet por.
When the fuel injection pump camshaft turns, the cam
‘moves push rod (1) and piston (2) down. As the piston
‘moves down, inlet check valve (7) and outlet check
valve (3) close. Pumping check valve (4) opens and
allows the fuel below the piston to move into the area
above the piston. Pumping spring (5) is compressed as
the piston is pushed down by push rod (1).
Fuel Transfer Pump (Start Of Up Stroke)
(Arrows indicate Fuel Flow Direction)
(1) Push rod. (2) Piston, (3} Outlet check valve. (4) Pumping check.
valve. (5) Pumping spring. (6) Pump inet por. (7) Inet check
valve. (8) ump outlet port
‘As the fue injection pump camshatt continues to turn,
the cam no longer puts force on push rod (1). Pumping
spring (6) now moves piston (2) up. This causes
pumping check valve (4) to close. Inlet check valve (7)
‘and outlet check valve (3) will open, As the piston
moves up, the fuel in the area above the piston is
pushed through the outlet check valve (3) and out
pump outiet port (8). Fuel also moves through pump
inlet port (6) and inlet check valve (7) to fill the area
below piston (2). The pump is now ready to start a new
cycle.
‘3406C Engine
‘Systems OperationOil Flow For Fuel Injection Pump And
Governor
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uel Injection Pump And Governor
(1) Servo. 2) Fu injection pump housing. (3) Cover. (4) supply from cylinder block. (5) Oi crn into cyinder block. (6) Dashpo.
(7) Governor rear housing. (8) Governor center housing,
3406C Engine 10 Systems OperationLubrication oll from the side of the cylinder block goes
into the side of the fuel injection pump housing at
location (4). The oil then goes fo a passage between
fuel injection pump housing (2) and governor center,
housing (8) where it flows to three different locations.
‘A part ofthe oll goes back into the main oll passage in
{ua injection pump housing (2) This ol gives a supply
Cf lubrication for the three fuel injection pump camshaft
bearings. At the camshaft bearing next to the
‘governor, oll flows into dled passages in the
CCamshatt to give lubrication tothe fiyweight carrier
thrust bearing. Oil drains from the camshaft bearings
into the fuel injection pump housing, A drain hole inthe
housing keeps the level of ol in the housing even with
the center of the camshaft. Oil drains from the housing,
through drain port (5), back to the engine block.
Oil also flows through a different passage back to the
fuel injection pump housing. Tris passage is connected
to governor servo (1). The governor servo gives
hydraulic assistance to move the fuel rack
The remainder of the oil goes through a passage in the
{governor center housing (8) and governor rear housing
(7) to cover (3) or the fuel ratio control. From the cover
(r the fue! ratio control, oll drains back into the
{governor housing. This oil lubricates the governor
Control components and supplzs the cil for the