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Posts in the category of: Investigation & Rectification
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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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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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Multi Skilled Projects
March 8, 2023
Investigation & Rectification
We recently we had a call from one of our operators who picked up vibration issues on one of their…
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Replica Governor
January 12, 2023
Governors
A reproduction Woodward PG-EG governor was recently sent to our facility for testing and evaluation. The fact that this was…
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Catastrophic Failure
December 15, 2022
Investigation & Rectification
Recently one of our engineers carried out a borescope inspection during attendance and found a small crack in an exhaust…
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Governor damage
October 26, 2022
Governors
Our governor expert Andy attended an animal welfare unit recently after their Paxman 8RPH MK7 generator engine started experiencing overspeed…
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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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Crankshaft repair advice
August 31, 2022
Investigation & Rectification
During the inspection of the Detroit 16V92 engine, our engineers found something that could cause catastrophic failure had the engine…
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Solution to your parts delay
August 11, 2022
Innovations
To put it mildly, we’re all experiencing challenges at the moment, and there are three things our clients are struggling…
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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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