Make the most of your engine: proper maintenance and other procedures will keep your marine diesel chugging away well beyond its design life. And it could also get you out of trouble in an emergency at sea.(Marine Diesels) From: African Review of Business and Technology | Date: March 1, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Alain Charles Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

FITTING A NEW diesel to a typical workboat is an easy but costly operation. So how can you ensure you get the maximum life out of your new or refurbished motor before a major overhaul is necessary? With due care you should be able to get 15,000 or more profitable hours out of a new purpose-built diesel engine.

The first point to make is that most marine diesels have much less stressful lives than their road equivalents. Whether designed for propulsion (propeller-shaft) or auxiliary use such as refrigeration they run for long periods at medium-high speeds under constant load so ...