DIESEL ENGINES FOURTH EDITION BY TIM BARTLETT
Contents:
1 • Why Choose a Diesel?
2 • The Basic Engine
3 • Fuel System
4 • Air System
5 • Cooling System
6 • Oil System
7 • Electrical System
8 • Gearboxes
9 • Propeller and Stern Glands
10 • Control Systems
11 • Tools and Working Practices
12 • Fault-finding
13 • Winterizing
Foreword:
Every year the rescue statistics published by the RNLI show that the most common cause of Lifeboat launches to pleasure craft is machinery failure. In the case of motor cruisers this does not come as any great surprise; one might expect loss of motive power to figure high in the list of problems. The fact that engine failure is also the most common cause of sailing cruiser rescues is less predictable and serves to confirm just how important it is to keep the engine in good running order.
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