Archive for the 'Marine Diesel Engines' Category
20 Tips To Beat High Marine Diesel Fuel Costs
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Gas and diesel prices are rising fast and that is affecting the boating industry. Recreational boaters around the country are faced with either spending more money or spending less time on the water. According to the National Marine Manufacturers Association 3 percent of boaters in 2007 didn’t put their boats in the water, this year […]
Marine Diesels Servicing
Sunday, March 15th, 2009What type of marine diesels servicing can you do yourself? There are several components in marine engines that can be serviced by the boat owner and in this article author John Routledge looks at the gap between the rocker and the valve …
There are few things that an amateur mechanic with a limited tool kit […]
Electronic Fuel Injection in a Marine Diesel Engine
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Fuel injection is fuel injection, whether direct or electronic. The difference is that the latter is controlled by a computer, known as the electronic control unit or module (ECU or ECM), which also controls various electronic components and sensors. In direct fuel injection systems, the injectors are supplied with the fuel through individual high-pressure fuel […]
Inboard Marine Diesel Fuel System
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008It can be argued that the diesel and petrol fuel delivery systems are entirely different. It can equally be argued that in modern marine engines the difference lies not in the delivery of the fuel, but in the engines they deliver to.
In marine diesel engines the fuel is injected directly into its combustion chambers […]
Using Glow Plugs Or Heater Plugs In A Marine Engine
Monday, December 1st, 2008Marine diesel engine glow plugs or heater plugs.
Because of its compact form, the open combustion chamber system presents only a small surface area to the compressed air, and the amount of heat lost by conduction to the combustion chamber is relatively small. As a result, the temperature of the compressed air at the moment of […]
