Try these: Water-soluble grease for the drawing and forming of aluminium alloy parts - SOCOSTRETCH 10 - Waterbased Lubricants Digilube's GED...
Are you absolutely certain your installation is not the version that uses conventional shaft packing with no water lubrication but has a fitting...
Well, you have to make a judgement call on that one. If you have an engine room fire, it will rapidly do more damage in a few minutes than a...
What they didn't say is the the flourocarbons in Halon and other refrigerants break down into hydroflouric acid and the exhaust contains phosgene...
That technique, along with an "astern test," is normally called a "pre-arrival check" and, is what the prudent mariner does at a time and place...
Loss of bridge control is not equivalent to a "runaway" diesel. Marine engineers define a "runaway" as a condition in which the engine...
The FM engine mentioned earlier consumed several hundred pounds of CO2 from portable extinguishers from 20 pounders on up to 100 pound wheeled...
Ugh, you may be right about that. I had really hoped it was those nasty filters since the alternative can be expensive. At least taking a look at...
With larger engines the issue isn't so much overspeed and throwing metal around the engine room it is running out of lube oil followed by a...
It's just more spectacular when it happens to a 2-stroke. But not always, years ago we had a Fairbanks-Morse OP run on lube oil for over 6 hours...
Turbocharger seal failure is probably the most common reason. Governor failures or problems such as a stuck or bent control rod can make it...
Since the invention is based on reducing the oil viscosity by heating it, it looks to me like you could just use very low viscosity lube oil to...
