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Posts in the category of: Engine Maintenance
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Save money on your engine inspection
June 30, 2022
Engine Maintenance
We’ve just finished looking over a Caterpillar C15 engine from a concrete crusher, so I wanted to share what we…
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Lack of oil pressure
June 8, 2022
Engine Maintenance
A while ago we commissioned a couple of Detroit 16V71 engines, along with their gearboxes, when we came across a…
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Avoid operational downtime
May 25, 2022
Engine Maintenance
Our engineers performed a free engine survey for a marine operator recently – there had been reports of fuel reaching…
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Important info
May 11, 2022
Engine Maintenance
Generally, if you’ve maintained components to running hours, you’d expect them to be able to spring back into use with…
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Valve Clearances
May 6, 2022
Engine Maintenance
We recently posted a before and after overhaul collage of a Cummins KT19 engine. During the overhaul, we made this…
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Does your engine have a centrifugal oil filter?
April 14, 2022
Engine Maintenance
Does your engine have a centrifugal oil filter? If so, every time your engine has an oil change, the centrifugal…
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Oil leak or wet stacking?
March 24, 2022
Engine Maintenance
There’s an issue that comes with the running of backup engines, and not only is it avoidable, but it’s also…
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Onsite cylinder head repair
March 2, 2022
Re-Engineering and Machining
I attended a locomotive engine recently with our senior machinist, Gary. We were there because the operator had reported water…
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Important Checks
February 16, 2022
Investigation & Rectification
I recently attended a site to investigate an MTU 12V2000G23 generator engine. The call came in because onsite personnel had…
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Emergency on the port engine
February 2, 2022
Knowledge Base
Last week I mentioned the parts issue that a marine operator had when their Cummins KT19M portside engine had a…
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