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Diesel Engine Maintenance Course One Day Course
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Previous knowledge or experience: Nil. Even on a sailing boat a reliable diesel engine is an important piece of safety equipment to say nothing of the inconvenience when something goes wrong. All yachtsmen should know enough to look after their engine and deal with minor problems at sea. This classroom course is designed to enable you to carry out routine daily maintenance checks on a marine diesel engine and diagnose and rectify common minor malfunctions. You will learn how a diesel engine works and how all the sub-systems - fuel, oil and cooling - work. You will learn how to bleed a fuel system, change fuel filters, do an oil and filter change and replace a defective cooling water pump impeller. You will gain hands on experience working on a real diesel engine with real components but in a classroom environment. Achievement: You will be able to carry out basic maintenance tasks
on a marine diesel engine and diagnose and rectify minor problems which
may occur at sea.
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