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Posts in the category of: Engines

  • RNLI Support

    Enhancing operational efficiency

    February 29, 2024

    Engine Maintenance

    We are working more and more with fishing vessels and other marine clients lately and wanted to share an eye-opening,…

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  • Build- up on Seawater Cooling System Strainer

    Engine cooling system maintenance

    February 23, 2024

    Engine Maintenance

    Last week, we shared the concerning issue of galvanic corrosion damaging the sea water strainer housings and baskets. In case…

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  • A few OEM's supported by Bartech-1

    Top Questions from Seawork 2023

    June 22, 2023

    Engines

    Last week we attended the Seawork exhibition in Southampton with some colleagues. It was Bartech’s first time exhibiting at Seawork,…

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  • Free Volvo Surveyimage

    Free Volvo Survey

    May 25, 2023

    Engine Maintenance

    A few weeks back we made the offer of a free survey to our UK-based subscribers. One of the operators…

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  • Paxman VP185 Failure-1

    High crankcase temperature

    May 2, 2023

    Engine Maintenance

    We were recently asked by a cruise liner operator to attend one of their vessels and investigate the failure of…

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  • Caterpillar 3412 Cooling system swap-1(1)

    Caterpillar Engine Conversion

    April 19, 2023

    Featured

    We are working on converting a Caterpillar 3412 engine at present for an operator. The engine is currently heat exchanger…

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  • Paxman 12VP185 Top End Overhaul

    Paxman VP185 Top End Overhaul

    February 14, 2023

    Overhauls

    Bartech carried out a top-end overhaul on a Paxman 12VP185 MK1 standby generator set. After arriving on-site, signing in and…

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  • Caterpillar G399 Fan belts-1

    Experience vs the manual

    February 2, 2023

    Engine Maintenance

    One of our offshore operators contacted us recently requesting a spares list for a 12-month service on their Caterpillar G399…

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  • 7 Tips to ensure your engines are ready for winter...

    7 tips to ensure your engines are ready for winter

    September 21, 2022

    Engine Maintenance

    Bartech’s top tips to ensure your engines are ready for winter...   Use an antifreeze tester to check the specific…

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  • MTU 8V2000 urgent call out

    Emergency response

    July 6, 2022

    Investigation & Rectification

    With the reliance on sensors, engine control systems and electronics, it is not unusual to be called out for engine…

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