Knowledge Base
Posts in the category of: Knowledge Base
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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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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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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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Valve Clearances
May 6, 2022
Engine Maintenance
We recently posted a before and after overhaul collage of a Cummins KT19 engine. During the overhaul, we made this…
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Does your engine have a centrifugal oil filter?
April 14, 2022
Engine Maintenance
Does your engine have a centrifugal oil filter? If so, every time your engine has an oil change, the centrifugal…
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Oil leak or wet stacking?
March 24, 2022
Engine Maintenance
There’s an issue that comes with the running of backup engines, and not only is it avoidable, but it’s also…
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What is wet stacking?
March 23, 2022
Knowledge Base
"Wet stacking" is a widespread phenomenon that generally occurs in diesel engines that are operated at low load or with…
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Classification inspection
March 9, 2022
Investigation & Rectification
Our project engineer Charlie recently attended a workboat. The aim? To carry out shutdown testing as part of the vessel’s…
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Governor oil damage
February 9, 2022
Governors
We were recently overhauling a Woodward EG3P actuator in our governor bay when our engineer Andy came across some damage.…
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