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Posts in the category of: Engines
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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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Free UK Engine Survey
April 6, 2022
Engines
Did you find last week’s email on wet stacking helpful? (It's here if you missed it) It seems that plenty of…
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Free Engine Survey
February 24, 2022
Engines
We recently offered a free engine survey to critical engine operatives in the UK (click here if you missed it).…
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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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Free engine survey
December 17, 2021
Engine Maintenance
We recently attended a site to perform 12 month servicing on their 3 Mirrlees ESL12 emergency generator engines. During the…
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Overhauls – In-situ or out?
November 10, 2021
Overhauls
We carry out many overhauls on engines in various sectors, both in situ and here at our workshop in Colchester.…
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Unseen Catastrophic failure part 2
September 15, 2021
Engine Maintenance
Back in June, we attended a Caterpillar 3516 gas engine for a straightforward job – changing the rear main oil…
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Critical circulation
September 2, 2021
Engine Maintenance
We currently have a Caterpillar 3508 engine in the workshop from a dredging vessel. The engine in question was removed…
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Governor swap
August 11, 2021
Governors
I recently attended a dredging vessel. My brief? To change out the governor on the Caterpillar 3508 starboard generator engine.…
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Overhaul Issues
July 28, 2021
Overhauls
We currently have a Caterpillar 3412 engine in for overhaul for a marine operator, and we’ve found numerous issues. I…
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