Fri May 31, 2019 7:25 pm
#1697011
I was Marine Superintendent of a research vessel which had two 125 "marinised" engines which failed spectacularly. Apparently the engines were designed to start up, move at full power for many hours then stop. We were running the eigines at low load for days on end and unburned diesel was dropping into the sump diluting the LO which resulted in big end failures.
The engine builders were horrified when they found out that we'd been using these (second hand) engines in a way for which they'd never been designed.
Thus I doubt that they'd be much use for freight use unless non-stop very high speed (Mail?).
The engine builders were horrified when they found out that we'd been using these (second hand) engines in a way for which they'd never been designed.
Thus I doubt that they'd be much use for freight use unless non-stop very high speed (Mail?).
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