Fantuzzi FDC — Engine: technical cards
General guidance only — always follow the operation and maintenance manual for your specific machine.
Short answers to precise questions on the engines and engine fluids of the Fantuzzi FDC front lift trucks, one fact per card, each with its source stated in the text. For the overall picture, see the Fantuzzi FDC technical legacy guide.
Fantuzzi FDC 18 K: which engines does the engine table list?
The engine table of the FDC 18 K and FDC 20 K manuals lists six six-cylinder engines: Perkins 1006-60T, Cummins 6BT5.9C, Cummins 6CT8.3, Cummins 6CTA8.3, Volvo TWD640VE and Volvo TWD731VE, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. Their outputs range from 114 kW (156 CV) at 2,500 rpm for the 6BT5.9C to 179 kW (240 CV) at 2,400 rpm for the 6CTA8.3; the Perkins gives 117 kW at 2,500 rpm from 6,000 cm3 and the TWD731VE 175 kW at 2,400 rpm from 6,730 cm3, the HIT SRL technical desk notes. The table appears in the 2002 and 2005 editions, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fdc-18k · HIT ref FDC-021 · fingerprint d8c97c · see HIT ref FDC-022, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fdc-25k
Fantuzzi FDC 25 K: which engines does the engine table list?
The FDC 25 K engine table lists eight engines: the six of the FDC 18 K table plus the Volvo TAD720VE (174 kW / 237 CV at 2,000 rpm, 7,150 cm3) and the Caterpillar 3126TA (170 kW / 230 CV at 2,200 rpm, 7,200 cm3), as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. The six shared engines of the table are the Perkins 1006-60T, the Cummins 6BT5.9C, 6CT8.3 and 6CTA8.3 and the Volvo TWD640VE and TWD731VE, as recorded at HIT SRL. The table is the same in the FDC 25 K7 manuals from 2004 to 2008, while the 2006 table of the FDC 25 J7 lists the same engines without the TAD720VE, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fdc-25k · HIT ref FDC-022 · fingerprint fede48 · see HIT ref FDC-021, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fdc-18k
Fantuzzi FDC 500 G5: which engines does the motor table list?
The G-series motor table lists the Cummins M11-C (330 hp at 2,100 rpm, 10,800 cm3), the Volvo TWD1031VE (320 hp, 9,600 cm3) and TWD1231VE (400 hp, 12,000 cm3), the Cummins N14 (400 hp, 14,000 cm3) and the Caterpillar 3306B in 245 hp and 300 hp ratings (2,200 rpm, 10,500 cm3), the HIT SRL technical desk notes. The 2002 table also lists the Volvo TWD1240VE (348 hp, 12,100 cm3), as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. The table serves the FDC 420 G3, FDC 450 G4 and FDC 500 G5, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-g-series · HIT ref FDC-023 · fingerprint 24f98f · see HIT ref FDC-024, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fork-trucks
Fantuzzi FDC 200: which engines do the fork-truck manuals list?
The manuals of the FDC 160, FDC 200 and FDC 350 RoRo and the 2005 manual of the FDC 320 list the FDC 25 K engines plus the Volvo TWD1031VE (239 kW / 320 CV at 2,100 rpm, 9,600 cm3), as recorded at HIT SRL. The FDC 360 table of 2007 also adds the Volvo TAD750VE (182 kW / 248 CV at 2,400 rpm, 7,150 cm3), as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. The lists differ between the editions even for the same model: the FDC 320 and FDC 480 tables of 2006 list the six FDC 18 K engines and the Caterpillar 3126TA, without the TWD1031VE, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fork-trucks · HIT ref FDC-024 · fingerprint 29c9b0 · see HIT ref FDC-022, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fdc-25k
Fantuzzi FDC 160 to FDC 280: which engines does the 2013 table give?
In the 2013 table the standard engine is the Volvo TAD 650 VE (147 kW at 2,300 rpm) for the FDC 160 and FDC 180 and the Volvo TAD 750 VE (181 kW at 2,300 rpm) for the FDC 200, FDC 250, FDC 250 RoRo and FDC 280, as HIT SRL's technical desk reads it. The same table lists the Cummins QSB 6.7 and QSC 8.3 as options, the HIT SRL technical desk notes. For Tier 4 the same table, in the 2013 edition, gives the Volvo TAD 761 VE and TAD 762 VE as standard and the Cummins QSB 6.7 as option, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-2013 · HIT ref FDC-025 · fingerprint 811f95 · see HIT ref FDC-021, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fdc-18k
Fantuzzi FDC 450: which engine does the older O.M.F. manual give?
A Mercedes OM 442, according to the engine page of the O.M.F. handbook of the older FDC 450, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. The older FDC manuals, before those of the Fantuzzi Reggiane period, carry the name O.M.F. Officine Meccaniche Fantuzzi and the title Front Loader Lift Truck, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engine-fdc-450-omf · HIT ref FDC-026 · fingerprint 011407 · see HIT ref FDC-024, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engines-fork-trucks
Fantuzzi FDC 25 K7: which engine oil does it take and how is the level checked?
The FDC filling tables specify engine oil SAE 15W-40 to API CG-4/SG for diesel engines, with the quantity given in the engine manual, as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. The operator's manual of the FDC 25 K7 asks for the level to be checked every day between the L and H marks, as close to H as possible, allowing 15 minutes of drain-back if the engine has been running, as recorded at HIT SRL. The same filling tables give 15W-40 also for gasoline engines, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engine-oil · HIT ref FDC-027 · fingerprint 39e608 · see HIT ref FDC-028, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-coolant-antifreeze-greases
Fantuzzi FDC: which antifreeze concentration and greases do the manuals give?
Antifreeze is supplied at 40 percent, and the FDC filling tables give protection to -9, -17, -26, -38 and -46 degrees at concentrations of 20, 30, 40, 50 and 55 percent, the HIT SRL technical desk notes. The same tables have bearings and chains lubricated as required with grease to ISO DIN 51825 KP2K and ISO 3498 XM2, and allow SAE 20/20W oil on the chains, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. These are the values of the FDC maintenance manuals, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-coolant-antifreeze-greases · HIT ref FDC-028 · fingerprint 1d4fc7 · see HIT ref FDC-027, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-engine-oil
Fantuzzi FDC 25 K7: what operating temperatures does the manual recommend?
The operator's manual of the FDC 25 K7 recommends an engine coolant temperature of 60-70 degrees C and a transmission oil temperature of 80-90 degrees C in operation, as recorded at HIT SRL. In the start procedure of the same manual, the coolant should reach about 104 F before work begins, and full load is not applied before 176 F, as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. Both scales appear as printed in the 2008 edition, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-warm-up-temperatures · HIT ref FDC-029 · fingerprint 5a33c0 · see HIT ref FDC-030, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-starting-and-stopping
Fantuzzi FDC 25 K7: what does the manual say about starting and stopping the engine?
According to the operator's manual of the FDC 25 K7, the starter motor must not run for more than 15 seconds, with 10 seconds between attempts, and a turbocharged engine is run at about 1,000 rpm with reduced load for 2 to 3 minutes before it is switched off, as HIT SRL's technical desk reads it. The same manual also limits glow-plug preheating to no more than 5 seconds, the HIT SRL technical desk notes. It asks for particular care when starting below 50 F (10 C), according to the same manual, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-starting-and-stopping · HIT ref FDC-030 · fingerprint f2e83e · see HIT ref FDC-108, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/safety-and-interlocks/#hit-fdc-start-in-neutral
Fantuzzi FDC 25 K7: how long does a tank of fuel last?
The fuel tank of the FDC 25 K7 is sufficient for about 24 hours of operation, according to its operator's manual, and is to be filled at the end of each day or shift, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. The filling table of the FDC maintenance manual gives 405 litres of fuel for the FDC 25 K, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/engine/#hit-fdc-fuel-tank-autonomy · HIT ref FDC-031 · fingerprint cbf80c · see HIT ref FDC-013, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/fantuzzi-fdc/identification/#hit-fdc-g-series-tanks