Calder, Nigel.

Marine diesel engines : maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair / Nigel Calder. - 3rd edition - Camden, Me. : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2007. - xvii, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents
1. Principles of operation
Compression Ignition
Converting heat to power
Expansion and cooling
Gasoline engines
Cost and power to weigh
etc

2. Details of operation
The air supply
Combustion
Fuel injection
Governors
Electronic engine control
etc

3. Routine maintenance: Cleaning is next to Godliness
Clean air
Clean fuel
Clean oil
General cleanliness
etc

4. Troubleshooting, part one : Failure to start
Failure to crank
Failure to fire

5. Troubleshooting Part two: Overheating , smoke, loss of performance and other problems
Overheating
Smoke
Loss of performance
Oil related problems
Inadequate turbochanger performance
etc

6. Repair procedures Part one:
Cooling system
Water pumps
The exhaust system
Governors
Fuel injection pump
etc

7. Repair procedures Part Two: Decarbonizing
Preparatory steps
Cylinder head removal
Valves
Cylinders
Piston and connecting rods
Piston rings
etc

8. Marine transmissions
Planetary transmissions
Two-shaft transmissions
Variations on a theme
Shaft brakes
Transmissions maintenance
etc

9. Engine selection and installation
Engine selection
Propeller sizing and selection
Connecting transmission to the propeller
Auxiliary systems
etc





Includes index.

0071475354 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780071475358


Marine diesel motors--Maintenance and repair.

623.872368 / CAL