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Rocket science and ng sailors
On 13 Jul 2004 00:52:33 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:
Injectors are plugs that can be cleaned.
fuel injectors on a diesel are nowhere on the planet refered to as "plugs"
And yet, they are plugs. And could easily have been confused for plugs
by the author.
Glow plugs are plugs that can
be cleaned.
but why?
Why not?
Freeze plugs are plugs that can be cleaned.
No, they can't. Besides, to what purpose?
Yes they can. To keep a nice clean engine. A grease caked engine can
hide the early warning signs of some problems.
Electrical
plugs are plugs that can be cleaned.
the are no electrical plugs on the engine of commercial seagoing vessel.
Depends on the engine. I'll bet you're wrong.
All 4 exist on a diesel engine and
all 4 can be cleaned during an overhaul, the kind of overhaul an engine
man might do before leaving on a several week several thousand mile
fishing trip.
Huh? the diesel engine on a commercial fishing vessel is torn down the night
before sailing to effect a major overhaul? And is torn down and overhauled by
drunken, nervous crew?
Those are your words, not mine. I said that often (not always) the
engineer will do a teardown while in port between extended trips at sea
to check the engine. It might not need a major overhaul. That doesn't
mean it won't be checked.
schlackoff, it is obvious you have no idea what is involved in "tearing down"
and engine.
It's more obvious that you don't. Just pulling the heads and dropping
the pan can be called a "teardown" and those things are relatively easy
to do. Not more than a days work. Not that they'll do that every time.
It all depends on where they are in the service cycle. But keeping
their single engine, their sole source of livelyhood and safety, working
in top shape is what the engineer is paid to do.
Steve
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