Once the forklift has cooled down, check it over thoroughly.
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Leave it for the full 24 hours if you can. Make sure no one touches the forklift engine for at least 4 hours! The components need to cool. If possible, one good place would be opposite from a freezer door. Inside an air-conditioned facility, under shade next to a building…wherever you can find a consistently cooler environment. Instead, park the forklift someplace cool and let it rest for 24 hours. Number one: DO NOT spray the forklift down with water! You risk severe engine damage, possibly even a fire. You can still cool it down and avoid it happening again in the future. If your forklift does overheat, don’t worry. Has it carried loads exceeding its max capacity? Operators may have overworked it, causing it to heat up too fast. If those all look OK, check the forklift's workload for the day. Most of the time, one of these is responsible for a forklift overheating. Coolant level – Is it full, low, or empty?.Then conduct a maintenance check, like you would at close of shift. Let it rest for at least 4 hours to cool off. Pull the forklift into a safe spot off the facility floor. Forklift "growls" – suddenly develops loud noises during normal operation.Temperature gauge moves into the 'red zone'.Steam coming from the engine compartment.If you see/feel one or more of these signs, your forklift's about to overheat! However, it can still overheat if used outdoors for too long, it's over-stressed with heavy loads, or the forklift's fan has broken. What about electrics? An electric battery will warm up from normal use. Operators driving too fast, carrying too-heavy loads, or both. Paper clumps, Styrofoam, or other material sucked up into the forklift while operating. Why a Forklift Overheatsįorklifts can overheat for one of several reasons. So let's work on stopping forklifts from overheating before they do. Not only is it a safety risk, overheating takes a forklift out of circulation, hurting everyone's productivity for the day (or longer). We overheat, our cars overheat.and so do our forklifts.Īn overheated forklift is a serious problem. Heat waves have already hit the West Coast.
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