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Posts in the category of: Engine Maintenance
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Swing set?
January 19, 2023
Knowledge Base
One of our engineers recently attended an operator’s offshore crane to assess a poorly running Cummins 6CTA8.3. The problem? It…
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Can you rely on your standby generator?
November 10, 2022
Generators
With warnings of potential blackouts across the UK and politicians stating, “We need to make sure that all those hospitals…
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Setting injector trim codes to improve emissions
October 19, 2022
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Last week we attended a vessel in Kent to upload injector trim files for their Caterpillar C18 engine after we…
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Cylinder head checks
October 12, 2022
Engine Maintenance
We were recently asked to pressure test eight cylinder heads. The operator reported diesel in the coolant system, and sensibly…
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Avoid damaged push rods
August 19, 2022
Engine Maintenance
We recently attended a land-based power generation engine – a Cummins KTTA50G to change three damaged injector push rods. In…
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How to check for Engine Radiator Damage
August 3, 2022
Engine Maintenance
We’re in the middle of an overhaul of two power generation engines and we just came across something that is…
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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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