Knowledge Base

Black Smoke & High Temperatures

December 19, 2019

Engines

We had a request for technical support onboard a major shipping company’s vessel this week. The Fleet Superintendent got in…

Cylinder Identification

December 11, 2019

Miscellaneous

During a recent job, we realised that the cylinders on the engine had been misidentified. It reminded me of a…

Unsalvageable Cat 3408 Engine

December 4, 2019

Engines

We’ve recently received two sets of critical CAT 3408 engine spares from an operator. Their previous service company advised them…

Magnetic Pickup Probe Issue

October 30, 2019

Generators

Our engineers were on-site recently, carrying out a top-end overhaul on an emergency generator engine when they came across an…

Excessive Engine Backlash

October 23, 2019

Engines

We’ve just started supporting a new marine operator, and the other day they were getting some concerning noises following the…

Emergency Generator Offline

October 7, 2019

Engines

A couple of weeks ago, we were asked to survey some Blackstone engines. The engines are an emergency power system,…

Deutz DFP6 fire pump cooler issue

September 26, 2019

Engines

You may remember my email about the RCA we carried out on a Deutz DFP6 fire pump engine? If so,…

Engine vibration damage

May 31, 2019

Engines

One of our client’s Deutz DFP6 1013 C20 fire pumps failed the other day, and our engineer Andy has been…

Excessive engine wear

May 22, 2019

Engines

Our engineers are currently doing some servicing and rectification work on an MTU 396 engine, and I thought it was…

The dangers of not using the correct additives with your coolant system

May 15, 2019

Engines